Amari ( el, Αμάρι) is a village and a municipality in
Rethymno
Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants ( ...
regional unit,
Crete
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,
Greece
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. The seat of the municipality is the village
Agia Foteini Agia, ayia, aghia, hagia, haghia or AGIA may refer to:
*''Agia'', feminine form of ''Agios'', 'saint'
Geography
* Agia, Cyprus
* Agia, Chania, a town in Chania (regional unit), Crete, Greece
*Agia, Larissa, Greece
*Agia (Meteora), a rock in Thess ...
.
The municipal unit has an area of .
One of the major geographic features of Amari is the
Amari Valley The Amari Valley is a fertile valley on the foothills of Mount Ida and Mount Kedros in Crete. The valley was known as a center of resistance to the Germans during the Battle of Crete and the German occupation. After the abduction of General Heinri ...
, a landform of high elevation known for
olive
The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...
cultivation. It is thought that
Monastiraki
Monastiraki (Greek: Μοναστηράκι, ''Monastiráki'', , literally ''little monastery'') is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the principal shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to cloth ...
was developed by
Phaistos
Phaistos ( el, Φαιστός, ; Ancient Greek: , , Minoan: PA-I-TO?http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/download/11991/4031&ved=2ahUKEwjor62y3bHoAhUEqYsKHZaZArAQFjASegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw1MwIv3ekgX-SxkJrbORipd ), also transliterated as Phaestos, ...
inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.
C.Michael Hogan, ''Phaistos Fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
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Municipality
The municipality Amari was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[
*]Kourites
Kourites ( el, Κουρήτες) is a village and a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the sou ...
*Sivritos
Sivritos ( el, Σίβριτος, also Σύβριτος - ''Syvritos'') is a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amari, of which it is a municipal ...
Province
The province of Amari ( el, Επαρχία Αμαρίου) was one of the provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
References
{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece
Municipalities of Crete
Provinces of Greece
Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit)