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Aptera
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Aptera

Ancient city · Greece

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
35.463, 24.142
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: древний город на Крите

History

Aptera or Apteron was an ancient city, now an archaeological site in Kalives in western Crete, a kilometre inland from the southern shore of Souda Bay, about 13 km east of the city of Chania in the municipality of Chania.

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