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AGIA PELAGIA (Port) HERAKLIO
Agia Pelagia is 20km west of Iraklion on the Iraklion - Rethimnon
highway. Agia Pelagia was the site of an ancient Greek city. It is not clear which
one it was, but some assume that it was Apolonia, the city that was destroyed
by the Kydonians at 171 B.C. The name Agia Pelagia originates from the monastery
of Agia Pelagia, approximately 1km west of the bay. In the wall of the old monastery
there are two shields in relief and between them a coat of arms.
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
PALEOKASTRO (Settlement) GAZI
Paliokastro is 5km west of Iraklion. It is easily identified by the
Venetian fortress remains on top of the hill. There is a beach and some tavernas
also there.
RODIA (Small town) GAZI
This quaint village has very narrow streets better negotiated on foot.
You can have a good view
of the gulf of Iraklion from one of the rear balconies of the tavernas. The area
also is know for its wild flowers in the spring.
APOLLONIA (Ancient city) GAZI
Apollonia (Apollonia: Eth. Apolloniates, Apolloniates, Apollinas,
-atis, Apolloniensis). The name of two cities in Crete, one near Cnossus (Steph.
B. s. v.), the inhabitants of which were most treacherously treated by the Cydoniatae,
who were their friends and allies. (Polyb. xxvii. 16.) The site is on the coast
near Armyro, or perhaps approaching towards Megalo Kastron, at the Ghiofero. (Pashley,
Crete, vol. i. p. 261.) The site of the other city, which was once called Eleuthera
(Eleuthera, Steph. B.), is uncertain. The philosopher Diogenes Apolloniates was
a native of Apolloniates in Crete. (Diet. of Biog. s. v.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
DION (Ancient city) GAZI
Dion akron (Ptol. iii. 17. § 7). A promontory of Crete on the N. coast, where
the island has its greatest breadth. Pliny (iv. 20) speaks of an inland town of
this name (comp. Euseb. Praep. Ev. v. 31), which probably, however, was situated
in the neighbourhood of this headland, which is now called Kavo Stravro.
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