Greece
Agios Nikolaos is the capital of the Lasithi prefecture, and is situated on the west side of the Mirabello gulf. Its name came from the small church that is located in Agios Nikolaos’ bay.
Agios Nikolaos is the capital of the Lasithi prefecture, and is situated on the west side of the Mirabello gulf. Its name came from the small church that is located in Agios Nikolaos’ bay. Another known toponym, and the one that some locals use, is Gialos.
The area’s finances depend mostly on tourism and olive cultivation.
The Alexandroupoli Ecclesiastical Museum houses the collection of ecclesiastic objects that were collected from the churches and monasteries of the Alexandroupoli Metropolis.
The museum was founded in 1967 and opened in September 1993. Housed in a building that exemplifies local traditional architecture and developed at two levels.
The Museum Nikos Kazantzakis in Myrtia Heraklion opened on June 27, 1983 by the culture minister Melina Mercouri.
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