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Marathos (Village)
Marathos is a mountain village in the municipality of Malevizi, in the Crete region of Greece. It is about 20 kilometres west of Heraklion. The Marathianos River runs nearby and flows down to Fodele. The village relies mainly on agriculture, livestock and bee keeping. On the main road there is a war monument commemorating the many battles on the island of Crete. It was built by the sculptor Yanni Klinakis. The village has 5 tavernas and a traditional cafeteria. Doxa cavern A short distance from the village is the historical cave of Doxa. At the entrance there is a map that shows the cave layout. Arkaliospilio cavern At the foot of the mountain is Arkaliospilio Arkaliospilio is a cave located to the south west of Marathos. The entrance is 2.1 meters wide and 1 meter high. A large part of this cave is still unexplored. Roman, Byzantine and Medieval conches have been found inside the cave. It was used a ... cave. A large part of this cave is still unexplored. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, and Corsica. Crete rests about south of the Greek mainland, and about southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete (or North Cretan Sea) to the north and the Libyan Sea (or South Cretan Sea) to the south. Crete and a number of islands and islets that surround it constitute the Region of Crete ( el, Περιφέρεια Κρήτης, links=no), which is the southernmost of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece, and the fifth most populous of Greece's regions. Its capital and largest city is Heraklion, on the north shore of the island. , the region had a population of 636,504. The Dodecanese are located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heraklion (regional Unit)
Heraklion ( el, Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ηρακλείου) is one of the four regional units of Crete. The capital is the city of Heraklion. Geography The regional unit of Heraklion borders on the regional units of Rethymno to the west and Lasithi to the east. Farmlands are situated in the central and the northern parts, at the coast and in valleys. The mountains dominate the rest of the regional unit, notably the south. The main mountains are parts of Ida or Idi Mountains to the west and Asterousia in the south. The regional unit includes the island of Dia to the north. Except for the mountains which receive mild to cool winters unlike northern Greece, the warm to hot Mediterranean climate dominates the regional unit. Ancient history Within the Heraklion regional unit's boundaries are a number of significant Neolithic and Minoan settlements, most notably the ancient palace complexes of Knossos and Phaistos. While both archaeological sites evince Neolithi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malevizi
Malevizi ( el, Μαλεβίζι) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Gazi. The municipality has an area of . Municipality The municipality Malevizi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Gazi *Krousonas *Tylisos Province The province of Malevizi ( el, Επαρχία Μαλεβιζίου) was one of the provinces of the Heraklion Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Malevizi, the municipal unit Gorgolainis and parts of Paliani and Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban .... It was abolished in 2006. References {{Prefectures and provinces of Greece M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tylisos
Tylisos (also Pyrgos-Tylissos or Tylissos; el, Τύλισος; Linear B: ''Tu-li-so'') Palaeolexicon. is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. The mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heraklion
Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban Area) according to the 2011 census. The population of the municipality was 177,064. The Bronze Age palace of Knossos, also known as the Palace of Minos, is located 5.5 km (3.1m) southeast of the city. Heraklion was Europe's fastest growing tourism destination for 2017, according to Euromonitor, with an 11.2% growth in international arrivals. According to the ranking, Heraklion was ranked as the 20th most visited region in Europe, as the 66th area on the planet and as the 2nd in Greece for the year 2017, with 3.2 million visitors and the 19th in Europe for 2018, with 3.4 million visitors. Etymology The Arab traders from al-Andalus (Iberia) who founded the Emirate of Crete moved the island's capital from Gortyna to a new castle they ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fodele
Gazi ( el, Γάζι) is a Western suburb of Heraklion and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies west of Heraklion, on the north coast of Crete. With 12,606 inhabitants (2011 census), it was the seat of the municipality of Gazi (Δήμος Γαζίου), which comprised several nearby villages with a total population of 19,221 and an area of . Villages of Gazi municipal unit, by community: *Gazi (17.7 km²): Gazi, Agia Marina, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Panteleimon, Ammoudara, Council-Houses, Kavrochori, Kefalogiannis, Koluvas, 62 Martyres, Xiropotamos, Kalessa. * Rodia (21.6 km²): Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery. *Fodele (24.4 km²): Fodele, Agios Panteleimon Monastery, Fodele beach. *Achlada (21.6 km²): Achlada, Agia Pelagia, Lygaria, Made. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Klinakis
Ioannis or Ioannes ( el, Ιωάννης), shortened to Giannis or Yannis (Γιάννης) is a Greek given name cognate with Johannes and John and the Arabic name Yahya . Notable people with the name include: * Ioannis I, Tzimiskis, Byzantine Emperor * Ioannis Agorastos-Plagis (John Plagis), Southern Rhodesian flying ace during World War II *Ioannis Alevras, Greek politician who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament *Ioannis Altamouras, Greek painter of the 19th century * Ioannis Anastassakis, professionally known as John Aniston, a Greek-born American actor *Ioannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer and one of the founding members of football club Olympiacos CFP * Ioannis Antetokounmpo, commonly known as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player *Ioannis Apakas, Greek painter and priest in the latter part of the 16th century to the early 17th century *Ioannis Argyropoulos, a lecturer, philosopher and humanist, one of the émigré Greek scholars who pioneered the revival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taverna
A taverna (Greek: ταβέρνα) is a small Greek restaurant that serves Greek cuisine. The taverna is an integral part of Greek culture and has become familiar to people from other countries who visit Greece, as well as through the establishment of tavernes (ταβέρνες, plural) in countries such as the United States and Australia by expatriate Greeks. Etymology and History ''Taverna'' (in Greek ταβέρνα), is a word taken from the Latin ''taberna'' (in plural ''tabernae''), meaning “shop” (see Roman taberna). The Latin word derived from ''tabula'', meaning “table”. The earliest evidence of a Greek restaurant was discovered at the Agora of Athens during excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies in the early 1970s.. Large quantities of cooking and eating utensils were found at the taverna such as plates, mixing bowls, lidded casseroles, spits for broiling meat, mortars for chopping and grinding, as well as a cooking bell and a var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doxa (Cave)
Doxa is a small but well-known cave in Marathos. There is a taverna A taverna (Greek: ταβέρνα) is a small Greek restaurant that serves Greek cuisine. The taverna is an integral part of Greek culture and has become familiar to people from other countries who visit Greece, as well as through the establishm ... located right next to the mouth of the cave. You can borrow flashlights at this taverna which is essential to go into the cave. From the entrance begins a downhill corridor which leads to 4 rooms. The name Doxa means glory in Greek. References Caves of Greece Landforms of Crete Tourist attractions in Crete {{Crete-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
