View of Sitia with Kazarma fortress on top

Sitia's harbor

The name Sitia (in Greek Σητεία) refers both to a port town, with 8,900 inhabitants (2001) and a municipality, with 14,400 inhabitants (2001) in the far east of Crete, in the prefecture of Lasithi.It lies to the east of Agios Nikolaos and to the northeast of Ierapetra. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 739 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Port of Sitia, Crete, Greece File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 739 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Port of Sitia, Crete, Greece File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... Sitia: harbor, GFDL image from German Wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Sitia: harbor, GFDL image from German Wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the famous World War II battle, see: Battle of Crete For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ... Lasithi (Greek: Λασίθι) is a prefecture of Greece on the island of Crete. ... Agios Nikolaos is Greek (Aγιος Nικολαος) and means Saint Nicholas. ... Ierapetra (Greek: Ιεράπετρα) is a municipality and a town in the east of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Lasithi. ...

The town is one of the economic centers of the Lasithi region. European route E75, which ends in Vardø, starts in Sitia. Plans to upgrade the local airport have not materialised. Lasithi (Greek: Λασίθι) is a prefecture of Greece on the island of Crete. ... Europes road system incorporates a series of European routes, which are numbered E1 and up. ... The E75 is part of the Trans European Road Network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... County Finnmark Landscape Municipality NO-2002 Administrative centre Vardø Mayor (2003) Rolf Einar Mortensen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 183 600 km² 586 km² 0. ...

The earliest settlement of the town dates back to Minoan times; excavations in the neighbouring site of Petras have unearthed architectural remains that date back to the end of the Neolithic period 3000 BC and continue throughout the Bronze Age 3000-1050 BC. According to Diogenes Laertius, Sitia was the home of Myson of Chen, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. The town was later expanded and fortified by the Venetians who used it as a base of operations for the Eastern Mediterranean. During the Venetian occupation, the town was destroyed three times: by an earthquake in 1508, by a pirate attack in 1538 and finally by the Venetians themselves in 1651 so as not to fall into the hands of the Turks. After the Venetians moved out of Crete, the town was abandoned for two centuries until it was resettled by farmers in 1869. The main remnant of the Venetian occupation is the Kazarma (from Italian casa di arma), the old fortress overlooking the harbor. The Minoans (Greek: Μινωίτες) were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2700 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture. ... Diogenes Laërtius, the biographer of the Greek philosophers, is supposed by some to have received his surname from the town of Laerte in Cilicia, and by others from the Roman family of the Laërtii. ... Myson of Chen is known as one of the Seven Sages of Greece. ... The Seven Sages (of Greece) (c. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from the sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

The prefecture of Lasithi

Sitia has not experienced the effects of mass tourism; even though there is a long beach along the road leading to Vai and several places of historical interest, the town is visited by few tourists. File links The following pages link to this file: Lasithi Myrtos Sitia Ierapetra Agios Nikolaos (Greece) Categories: GFDL images ... Lasithi (Greek: Λασίθι) is a prefecture of Greece on the island of Crete. ... Look up Vai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• East Crete
• Sitia feature & map

Coordinates: 35°12′39″N, 26°06′27″E Lasithi (Greek: Λασίθι) is a prefecture of Greece on the island of Crete. ... Agios Nikolaos (or Aghios Nikolaos, Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete. ... Ierapetra (Greek: Ιεράπετρα) is a municipality and a town in the east of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Lasithi. ... Itanos (Ίτανος) is a municipality in the Lasithi prefecture, Crete, Greece. ... Lefki (Λεύκη) is a municipality in the Lasithi prefecture, Crete, Greece. ... Makrys Gialos (Μακρύς Γιαλός) is a municipality in the Lasithi prefecture, Crete, Greece. ... Neapolis, Crete, is a beautiful small town, 12 from Ag. ... Oropedio Lasithiou (Οροπέδιο Λασιθίου) is a municipality in the Lasithi prefecture, Crete, Greece. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...