Phaistos is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete, Greece, notable for the remains of a Minoan palace and its surrounding town. The site was first settled around 3600 BCE, with a first palace built around 2000 BCE and a rebuilt palace around 1700 BCE before the site's destruction around 1400 BCE. Phaistos was one of the three largest cities of Minoan Crete, alongside Knossos and Malia, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2025.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Phaistos (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 35.05123, longitude 24.814267
P2046 (area)
area 411.0 sq km
View the Source2. Wikidata: Phaistos
- Wikidata Q249707, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q249707 P571
View the Source3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.0512,24.8143
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 88.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 24.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 24.75
35.25 24.75 Csa
5. GeoNames: Vóroi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 251806, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.91 km)Quote, cities500 record 251806, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.91 km)
35.06815 24.81039 P PPL GR ESYE43 45 9308 726 58 Europe/Athens
Phaistos (Wikipedia)
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