Rhittenia or Rhizenia was a town of

ancient Crete The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe. During the Iron Age, Crete developed an Ancient Greece-i ...

. Its site is tentatively located near modern Kato Riza,

Apesokari Apesokari (Greek: Απεσωκάρι) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan civilization, Minoan cemetery. It is also a modern village with a population of 76 (2021) and is built at 155 m above sea level. It is in the municipality of Go ...

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Populated places in ancient Crete Former populated places in Greece Cretan city-states {{AncientCrete-geo-stub