Gerani, Rethymno
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Gerani is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the
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 Rethy ...
of the
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of
Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
established by
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. Previously, it was part of municipality of Nikiforos Fokas. Capital of the new municipality is
Rethymno Rethymno (also Rethymnon; ) 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 35,000 inhabitants (nearly 40,000 for the municipal unit). It is believed to have been built ...
.


Geography, origin of name, history

Gerani is located 7.5 km west of
Rethymno Rethymno (also Rethymnon; ) 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 35,000 inhabitants (nearly 40,000 for the municipal unit). It is believed to have been built ...
and in a short distance from the new national road Rethymnon-Chania, at an altitude of 90 meters. ''Gerani'' (in Greek) refers to a pump used in the old days to draw water from a well. Such a well existed in the village. The village was occupied by the
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. ;Population of Gerani


Sights

The Gerani Cave was discovered in 1968 during the construction of the new national road Rethymno-Chania. The 6 halls of this
cave Caves or caverns are natural voids under the Earth's Planetary surface, surface. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. Exogene caves are smaller openings that extend a relatively short distance undergrou ...
display magnificent
stalagmites A stalagmite (, ; ; ) is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings. Stalagmites are typically composed of calcium carbonate, but may consist o ...
. Archaeological research within the cave has brought to light a variety of findings dating back to the
Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
period. Some of this findings are exhibited in the Archeological Museum of Rethymno Furthermore, important material of
palaeontological Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geolo ...
interest was found, dating back to the end of the
Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...
period.


Daily life, Festivities

"Parade of the Camel" takes place in the village ( Ash Monday)


Miscellaneous

There is public bus service ( KTEL) from Rethymno ( three services, morning and noon on weekdays and not weekends) Since 28 March 2005 the area of Gerani is included in the
Cadastre A cadastre or cadaster ( ) is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.Jo Henssen, ''Basic Principles of the Main Cadastral Systems in the World,'/ref> Often it is represented graphically in ...
system and is under the authority of the Cadastral Office of Rethymno (20 Hortatzis Str., ZIP: 74100, Rethymno, Phone n.: 0030-28310-22403)


See also

List of settlements in the Rethymno regional unit


References


External links


Photo Gallery, Web site of municipality of Rethymnno
retrieved at 9 April 2012
Cycling routes, Web site of Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture
, retrieved at 9 April 2012 Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit) Rethymno (municipality) {{Crete-geo-stub