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List Of Settlements In The Rethymno Regional Unit
This is a list of settlements in the Rethymno regional unit, Greece. * Achlades * Adele * Agia Foteini * Agia Galini * Agia Paraskevi * Agia * Agios Ioannis, Agios Vasileios * Agios Ioannis, Amari * Agios Ioannis, Mylopotamos * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Mamas * Agios Vasileios * Agkouseliana * Aimonas * Akoumia * Aktounta * Alfa * Aloides * Amari * Amnatos * Angeliana * Ano Meros * Ano Valsamonero * Anogeia * Apladiana * Apodoulou * Archaia Eleftherna * Archontiki * Ardaktos * Argyroupoli * Armenoi * Asomatos * Atsipopoulo * Axos * Chamalevri * Charkia * Chonos * Choumeri * Chromonastiri * Damavolos * Doxaro * Drimiskos * Eleftherna * Elenes * Episkopi, Mylopotamos * Episkopi, Rethymno * Erfoi * Fourfouras * Frantzeskiana Metochia * Garazo * Gerakari * Gerani * Gonia * Goulediana * Kalandare * Kalogeros * Kalonyktis * Kalyvos * Kare * Karines * Karoti * Kastellos * Kato Poros * Kato Valsamonero * Kentrochori * Kerames * Kissos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rethymno (regional Unit)
Rethymno () is one of the four regional units of Crete, Greece. Its capital is the city of Rethymno. Today its main income is tourism. The countryside is also based economically on agriculture and herding. Administration The regional unit Rethymno is subdivided into 5 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox): * Agios Vasileios (2) * Amari (3) *Anogeia (4) * Mylopotamos (5) *Rethymno (1) Prefecture The Rethymno prefecture ( el, Νομός Ρεθύμνου or Ρεθύμνης) was created while Crete was still an autonomous state, and was preserved after the island joined Greece in 1913. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the Rethymno regional unit was created out of the former prefecture. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below. Provinces * Rethymno Province - Rethymno * Agios Vasileios Province - Spili * Amari Province - Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aktounta
Aktounta ( el, Ακτούντα) is a village in the Rethymno regional unit in Crete, Greece. Aktounta belongs to the municipal unit of Lampi, and it is 35 km away (south) from Rethymno. Population: 74 (2011). Altitude: 640 meters. History Aktounta's history has been extensively studied by Emmanuel Dimitrakakis and presented in the "Aktounta and its history" book. Notable people from Aktounta *Alekos Karavitis Alekos Karavitis ( el, Αλέκος Καραβίτης, 1904–1975) was born in Aktounta, a small village in the region of Aghios Vasileios, prefecture of Rethymnon in the Cretan State. A talented child, he very early fell in love with and start ..., Cretan music composer. * Emmanuel Dimitrakakis, teacher and folklorer, awarded for his work by the Academy of Athens. * Constantine Dimitrakakis, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Athen * Anthony Hatzimoysis, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Athen * Vassilis Papadakis, Professor of Busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleutherna
Eleutherna ( grc-gre, Ἐλεύθερνα), also called Apollonia ( grc-gre, Ἀπολλωνία), was an ancient city-state in Crete, Greece, which lies 25 km southeast of Rethymno in Rethymno regional unit. Archaeologists excavated the site, located on a narrow northern spur of Mount Ida, the highest mountain in Crete. The site is about 1 km south of modern town of Eleftherna, about 8 km north east of Moni Arkadiou, in the current municipality of Rethymno. It flourished from the Dark Ages of Greece’s early history until Byzantine times. History In the systematic Eleutherna project, a team of archaeologists from the University of Crete led by Prof. N. Stampolidis has been in charge since 1984. Surveys and systematic excavations have revealed the city's settlement patterns, sanctuaries and necropoleis in ''Orthi Petra'', even stone quarries in the surroundings of the ''Prines'' hill. The discovery of the remains of four females in Orthi Petra was declared on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apodoulou
Apodoulou ( el, Αποδούλου) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan mansion or ceremonial building. Geography Apodoulou overlooks the Libyan Sea. Altitude: 450m above sea level Archaeology Apodoulou was first excavated by Spyridon Marinatos in 1934. The area was inhabited from Late Neolithic times to the Late Minoan period, and the building was in use in the Middle Minoan III period. The site has yielded Linear A inscriptions on a basin and fragments of a stone cylindrical jar, as well as a small golden axe. 400m north of Apodoulou is a Late Minoan vaulted tomb. Four sarcophagus were found here and are on exhibit at the Archaeological Museum of Rethymno The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno is a museum in Rethymno, Crete, Greece. Larnax, Early Minoan, hunting scene, AM Rethymno, 076112.jpg, Early Minoan larnax. Larnax, hunting of deer and ibex, deer, dog, Prepalatial, AM, Rethymno, 076113.jpg, Mi .... References * Swindale, Ian http://www.minoancrete.com/ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anogeia
Anogeia (Ανώγεια) is a municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The municipality has an area of ., excluding the former municipal departments Axos and Zoniana. Population 2,379 (2011). When exactly Anogeia was founded and by whom, is not accurately known. Many believe that the original settlement was founded by villagers from the village Axos, which is west of Anogia, where the Minoan city Oaxos was. According to a legend, a shepherd from Axos found one day on one of the slopes of Psiloreitis an icon depicting Saint John the Baptist. Pious as he was, he picked it up carefully, wrapped it in a towel, took it to his home and placed it there alongside the other icons. On the following day he was astonished to find out that the icon had disappeared. Terrified, he returned to the place he had found it the previous day, where he was exhilarated to discover the icon in the exact same place. This inexplicable phenomenon was considered to be an order from the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnatos
Amnatos is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno (regional unit) of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. Previously, it was part of the municipal district of Municipality of Arkadi. Amnatos is a traditional settlement and is classified in Class II, that is of "average cultural value" (''Government Gazette'' 728/21-9-1995). Buildings with Venetian architectural elements are scattered throughout the village. In 2005 Amnatos received an award of the "cleaner and organized traditional community". Geography It is located on the northeastern edges of the Gargano mountain, 17 km (10.6 miles) southeast of Rethymno, on the way to Arkadi, at an altitude of 320 m. It has a view of the North Sea and the Cretan mountain Psiloreitis. Origin of name and history The location of the village appears to have been inhabited since ancient times and it is believed that the name ''Amnatos'' has Minoan origin. Ancient Greeks used to call ''amnion'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
