Asi Gonia ( el, Ασή Γωνιά) is a mountainous village and a former community in the eastern part of the
Chania regional unit in
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of .
Asi Gonia is situated east of the
Lefka Ori
Lefka Ori ( el, Λευκά Όρη, meaning 'White Mountains') or Madares ( from the Cretan Greek meaning 'without coverage, bald, bare of any vegetation for high mountain areas') is a mountain range located in Western Crete, in the Chania prefect ...
mountain range, 20 km southwest of
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 ...
. The communal office is situated in the heart of the community. In the village square there are two statues dedicated to the two
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
prime ministers
Eleftherios Venizelos and
Sofoklis Venizelos
Sofoklis Venizelos (, also transliterated as Sophocles Venizelos) (3 November 1894 – 7 February 1964) was a Greek politician, who three times served as Prime Minister of Greece – in 1944 (in exile), 1950 and 1950–1951.
Life and career
Ve ...
.
Historical population
Famous natives
*
George Psychoundakis, resistance fighter and author of ''
the Cretan Runner''
*
Pavlos Gyparis, infantry Colonel of the Greek army
*
Andreas Papadakis
Andreas Constantine Papadakis FLS (17 June 1938 – 10 June 2008) was a Cypriot-born British academic, entrepreneur and leading figure in the field of architectural publishing. He opened the Academy Bookshop in Holland Street, Kensington, in 196 ...
, infantry Colonel of the Greek army and leader of
AEAK
*
Stylianos Petrakis
Stylianos Petrakis ( gr, Στυλιανός Πετράκης) is a Greek naval officer. He serves as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff .
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Lappa, Rethymno ...
, Vice Admiral
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Petromarkos, Cretean Revolutions Chief
References
External links
GTP Travel Pages (Municipality)
{{Apokoronas div
Populated places in Chania (regional unit)