Gournia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Catherine Bouras, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 12, 2025 09:48 PM — History

A Minoan palace complex and settlement on Crete, finally abandoned ca. 1200 BCE. The original toponym is unknown, and the modern name is derived from stone vessels found at the site.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/771100776

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.1093169163, 25.7926651957

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- GPS Location: "Town Court" of Gournia (2000 BC - 1600 BC) accuracy: +/- 15 meters.
- OSM location of Gournia (2000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Gournia (English, modern)

Gournia makes connections with:

Gournia located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)

Gournia receives connections from:

Sphoungaras located north of Gournia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
space (uncovered), settlement, architectural complex

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Initial Provenance:
GPS in the field

Details:

Gournia was first excavated by Harriet Boyd Hawes and the American School of Classical Studies in the early twentieth century.

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, Catherine Bouras, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, and Tom Elliott, 'Gournia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/771100776> [accessed: 16 July 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/771100776 |title=Places: 771100776 (Gournia) |author=Horne, R. |accessdate=July 16, 2026 10:58 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}