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APINIO (Village) KOFINA
This village is located at a height of 320 m above sea-evel, a short distance of Sokaras, to the north of Asimi. It is mentioned in the 1583 Register with 280 inhabitants. Residents of Apoini found an important collection of ancient coins in the ruins of Velouli in 1957, but nobody knows what has become of it.
ATSIPADES (Village) KOFINA
At a height of 460 m above sea-level, this village lies 5 km to the north-west of Asimi, the county town of the municipality of Kofina. Built on a hill, it offers the visitor a panoramic view of the Messara plain.
A first reference to Atsipades is found in a document of 1248, and from then on it is mentioned in every census, including the Turkish and the Egyptian ones.The church of Aghia Ekaterini inside the village has its feast day on November 25th. Another church worth visiting is that of Aghia Paraskevi, close to a water spring and among lovely trees. Some wall paintings still remain in the chapel, though in a poor state. The feast day is on July 27th. Finally, the chapel of Afenti Christos, hidden among the olive groves, has its feast day on August 6th.
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DIONYSSIO (Village) KOFINA
On the north flanks of the Asteroussia mountains, at a height of 250 m above sea-level, 7 km away from Asimi,lies the village of Dionysi. It owes its name to the church of Aghios Dionysios, whose feast day (October 3rd) is much celebrated by the local population. Visitors come from neighbouring villages and are invited by the villagers into their houses where they are offered wine and traditional food. The same tradition is repeated on the feast day of the Evangelistria, March 25th. Other churches and chapels are those of Saints Constantine and Helen, that of the Transformation of Our Saviour, the chapel of Aghios Georgios and that of Zoodochos Pigi, in the midst of lush vegetation and celebrating its feast day on the first Friday after Easter Sunday. The village main income is based on olive oil, raisins and garden produce.
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FOURNOFARANGO (Settlement) KOFINA
This village is situated 11 km to the west of Asimi. It figures in all the Venetian censi of the province of Monofatsio, as well as in the Turkish and Egyptian censi. Chourmoutzis Vyzantios CHECK in 1842 mentions the existence to the east of Fournofarango of a large church dedicated to Aghios Georgios Koulouritis, in the middle of a ruined and abandoned town bearing the same name.
Nowadays,the feast of Aghios Georgios at Koulourida, 1 km away, is celebrated with great pomp on April 23rd, in the midst of the lush vegetation of the Asteroussia mountains. The location offers a splendid view over the whole region. A water spring in the middle of the chapel is believed to have healing powers, and indeed it has a wonderful light taste. Many people come from afar to carry it back to their homes.The Cultural Association of the village has been very active and successful in reviving old traditions.
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KAPETANIANA (Settlement) KOFINA
The village of Kapetaniana is in the Asterousia Mountains south of
the Mesara plain, 71km from Iraklion on the Iraklion - Agia Varvara - Agii Deka
- Vagionia - Kapetaniana road, where the Byzantine church of the Panagia is located.
This village is situated at an altitude of 750 m above sea-level, 11 km away from Asimi. It is not mentioned in any of the Venetian censi, though its Byzantine church dates back to the 15th century. There is a Minoan peak sanctuary close to the summit of the Kofinas mountain, in a place known as Metzolati. Many finds help to identify this location as a former shrine: several animal and human clay figurines and bronze votive objects were found in nearby caves. Nowadays the church of the Holy Cross has replaced the ancient sanctuary, but the panoramic view remains the same. The church has its feast day on September 14th. On the other hand, the village celebrates the feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on August 15th, when a typical Cretan feast takes place every year. There is a series of beautiful beaches, like that of Aghios Ioannis and others, along the coast down from Kapetaniana towards Koudouma, but they are very difficult to reach and only the very fit should undertake such a walk. The difficulty of access explains why this wonderful coast has retained its original beauty and wilderness.
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KASTELI (Village) KOFINA
7 km to the north of Asimi, this village is mentioned in documents of 1375 and in the 1583 Register of Chandax. The fortress of Castel Bonifaccio, which gave its name -Monofatsio- to the whole province, was built on a height of 400 m above sea-level to the north-west of the village. There are two main churches, that of Saints Constantine and Helen (feast day on May 21st) and the old church of Aghios Dimitrios.
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LOURES (Village) KOFINA
2 km to the west of the county town, and at a height of 270 m above sea-level, this village has about 280 inhabitants, most of them refugees from Asia Minor.
It is mentioned in the 1583 Register, with 109 inhabitants.
Olive oil, raisins and garden produce are the main products. The village celebrates the feast of the Holy Cross on September 14th.
PANAGIA (Village) KOFINA
6 km to the south-west of Asimi, on the north flanks of the Aasteroussia mountains, at a height of 295 m above sea-level, lies the village of Panaghia. It is referred to as Petropanaga because of the small settlement of Petria, not far away to the west. Significant archaeological finds were unearthed in the location known as Patela, not far from the village. Among these, several clay figurines and zodiac signs of the Middle Minoan period, possibly from some peak sanctuary, a Greek figurine of the sitting goddess and a large number of Greek and Roman coins. It is possible that an ancient city was once erected on this location. The chapels outside the village are all located in beautiful surroundings and are worth visiting. Their feast days are all celebrated by the local population.
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SOKARAS (Village) KOFINA
Less than 3 km to the north-east of Asimi, at a height of 360 m above sea-level, this village probably owes its name to a Byzantine family called Sokaras, a name that means: "he who makes ropes".
The settlement is mentioned in 1271 in an agreement between an inhabitant and a Jew from Chandax for the purchase of good wheat and good cheese from the region. There are over a thousand inhabitants in Sokaras, Metochi Sokaras and Apoini. The patron saint of the village nowadays is Aghios Antonios (January 17th). But earlier, it used to be Aghios Georgios the Drunk (November 3rd) and a great feast, on a Dionysian scale, was celebrated in his honour, with a great amount of food and drink. Serious efforts are being made to revive this feast. The ruins of the settlement of Velouli lie not far from Sokaras. This small village had 100 inhabitants, as mentioned in the 1583 Register of Chandax, but it has remained uninhabited since 1961. However, the location and the view are very pretty and the Byzantine chapel of the Panaghia Veloulianis is worth seeing. The Acropolis of Vagiotes, built on a rock to the east of the village, with a wonderful panoramic view of the whole county, is of great interest with its stone presses, chambers, steps dug out of the rock, and other remains that lie there waiting for the right moment and the right person to disclose secrets of past glories.
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STAVIES (Village) KOFINA
This village is built at a height of 240 m above sea-level, on the south edge of the valley of Messara and is mentioned in the Archives of Chandax in 1370. It is possible that the name Stavies has its origin in the Italian name Stavia, a town destroyed in the eruption of the Vesuvio in 79 AD. After the destruction of their village, refugees could have landed in Crete and built the present village.
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STERNES (Village) KOFINA
Sternes is first referred to in a 1271 agreement for the purchase of good wine from the area. Nowadays there are 420 residents in Sternes, engaged in agricultural activities (olive oil, raisins and cattle raising). The village celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary on November 21st. Other traditional Cretan feasts and cultural events -organized with the help of the Cultural Association- are also held during Carnival, on the first of May and in mid-summer.
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STOLI (Village) KOFINA
This village is located 5 km to the north-west of the county town of the municipality of Kofina, and counts about 600 inhabitants with the neighbouring Inia. The main activities are the production of olive oil, of raisins and cattle raising. It is possible that the original name of the village was Apostoloi, from the church dedicated to the Holy Apostles situated in the cemetery of the village. The feast day is on March 25th, the Annunciation or Evangelismos.
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