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AGIOS IOANNIS (Village) SFAKIA
Beyond Aradena the unpaved road continues west towards the small community
of Agios Ioannis. Agios Ioannis is 14km from Hora Sfakion on the Hora Sfakion
- Anopolis - Agios Ioannis road. The village of Agios Ioannis followed the fortune
of Anopolis and Aradena and it was destroyed in 1770 and 1867. From here some
of the families of the fighters managed to escape into the Lefka Ori and to the
safety of the Samaria Gorge. In 1823 thirty-two local rebels blocked the exit
of Agios Ioannis to the Samaria Gorge from the pursuing Egyptian troops which
were co-operating with the Turks. They faced a large army and all thirty-two were
killed, but they gave enough time to the women and children of the villages nearby
to escape to the protection of Samaria.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
It is also possible to climb Mount Pahnes, the highest peak of the
Lefka Ori (2,452m) from here.
ARADENA (Settlement) SFAKIA
Aradena is 19km from Hora Sfakion on the Hora Sfakion - Anopolis -
Agios Ioannis road. After Anopolis the road becomes a dirt road, but it is easily
accessible. You will cross the gorge of Aradena over a wooden-planked bridge.
In the area, there is the abandoned village of Aradena, the Byzantine church of
Michael Archangelos, and the Aradena Gorge.
The abandoned village of Aradena is on the other side of the bridge. Aradena is
the site of the ancient Greek city, Aradin. It flourished during Roman, Byzantine
and Venetian times. Its inhabitants were once concerned with shipping, and Aradin
followed the fate of Anopolis and was destroyed in 1770 and in 1867 by the Turks.
The village has been abandoned; however, it is interesting to walk along the narrow
paths among the houses of the old village to see traditional village architecture.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
(Eth. Aradenios). A city of Crete, formerly called Anopolis. In Kiepert's map
it appears on the SW. coast of the island, near the Phoenix Portus. Remains of
ancient walls are found at the modern Anopolis.
Phoenix: city on the S coast of W Crete, near Loutro, Sphakia district, 9.6 km E of Tarrha and 4.8 km W of Chora Sphakion; it was the port of inland Anopolis and also of later Aradena. [...] Hierokles (651.1) mentions Phoinike with Aradena, and the two sites are linked in one see in the early 9th c. Notitiae (8.230; 9.139).
D. J. Blackman, ed.
This extract is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Sep 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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