Gortyn

<p>Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna  is a <a href="/facts/Municipalities_of_Greece/Lhetjr9Q">municipality</a>, and an <a href="/facts/Archaeological/K3Q5P38R">archaeological</a> site, on the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Basin/azjFD5mW">Mediterranean</a> island of <a href="/facts/Crete/VSqxTU9u">Crete</a> 45 km (28 mi) away from the island's capital, <a href="/facts/Heraklion/084Yug9x">Heraklion</a>. The seat of the municipality is the village <a href="/facts/Agioi_Deka/Wz7y7VYx">Agioi Deka</a>. Gortyn was the <a href="/facts/Ancient_Rome/cGqIuxPd">Roman</a> capital of <a href="/facts/Creta_et_Cyrenaica/qnMFcAIc">Creta et Cyrenaica</a>. The area was first inhabited around 7000 BC.
</p><p>It is located in the valley of <a href="/facts/Messara_Plain/0XkgEmPg">Messara</a> in the south of the <a href="/facts/Psiloritis/hn9THJPg">Psiloritis</a> mountain, in the current position of the settlements of Metropolis and <a href="/facts/Agioi_Deka/Wz7y7VYx">Agioi Deka</a>, and near the <a href="/facts/Libyan_Sea/7U90gcu3">Libyan Sea</a>.
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