Minoan Palatial Centres
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
Greece
Inscribed
2025
List reference
1733
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Minoan Palatial Centres is about 5 km south-east of Iraklio. The nearest other World Heritage site is Delos, about 230 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Iraklio · about 137,000 peopleabout 5 km north-west
- Hania · about 79,000 peopleabout 110 km west
- Rodos · about 57,000 peopleabout 300 km north-east
- Piraeus · about 466,000 peopleabout 320 km north-west
- Athens · about 3,242,000 peopleabout 330 km north-west
- Kalamata · about 72,000 peopleabout 340 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
GreeceCultural233 km away
GreeceCultural255 km away
GreeceCultural304 km away
GreeceCultural306 km away
GreeceCultural317 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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