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AKOUMIA (Village) LAMBI
The village of Koumia is 39km south of Rethimnon on the Rethimnon
- Spili - Koumia - Agia Galini road, and it has Byzantine churches.
DRIMISKOS (Village) LAMBI
The village of Drimiskos is 45km south of Rethimnon on a west road
in the Kissos Valley of the road Rethimnon - Spili - Kissos Valley - Agia Galini.
In the area there are Byzantine churches and a local folklore museum.
KISSOS (Village) LAMBI
The village of Kissos is 35km from Rethimnon on the Rethimnon - Spili
- Agia Galini road, turn left 5km after Spili. In the village of Kissos there
are the three churches; Sotiras Christos, the Panagia and Agios Ioannis which
contains interesting frescoes. Near the village is also the old Byzantine monastery
of Agio Pnevma (Holy Spirit) whose church is still preserved.
This text is cited Dec 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
LABINI (Village) LAMBI
The village of Lambini is 27km south of Rethimnon on the Rethimnon
- Armeni - Spili road, on a road to the left 4km before Spili. The area contains
some important Byzantine churches.
MOURNE (Village) LAMBI
The village of Mourne is on a road branch 4km south of Spili, 34km
south of Rethimnon, on the Rethimnon - Armeni - Spili - Mourne road. In Mourne,
and in the nearby village of Diplohori or Demblohori, there are some engaging
Byzantine churches. Although they are difficult to find, the isolation and beauty
of the surroundings adds to their attraction.
SPILI (Small town) LAMBI
The village of Spili is 30km south of Rethimnon on the Rethimnon -
Armeni - Spili road. Spili an attractive village of natural beauty and containing
several old churches, stands on a rise above the foothills of Mount Kedros. The
village is in a thickly-wooded area with many streams. In the square there is
a row of 25 water spouts in the shape of lion heads. Many shops with local products
are here, as well as cafes and restaurants. Above the square, narrow alley ways
lead to the upper village and a panoramic view.
This text is cited Dec 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
Various WebPages
KORION (Ancient city) LAMBI
Corium. Korion: Eth. Koresios Steph. B.: Kurna. A town of Crete, near which
was a temple to Athena (comp. Paus. viii. 21. § 4; Cic. N. D. iii. 23) and lake
(limne Koresia). As there is no other lake in the island, Mr. Pashley, from the
identity of this physical feature, fixes the position near the small lake Kurna,
at the foot of the hills on the S. edge of the plain which runs along the shore
from Armyro eastward.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
KORION (Ancient city) LAMBI
Korion (Melambes). Fifteen km S of the small Greek city of Sybrita. There is no evidence
for either Minoan or Roman occupation of the same site, and the city seems to
belong only to the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Evidence from the summit
of the acropolis suggests that here, at least, abandonment may have followed violent
destruction by fire.
The focus of the settlement is a small, flat-topped acropolis around
which there are traces of walls, probably of a retaining nature rather than defensive.
On the top of the acropolis there are the remains of a building which Hood suggests
may have been the Temple of Athena, whose presence is indicated by an inscription
found in the city below. The principal area of settlement below the acropolis
appears to have been to the E, where house walls may be traced. The city's water
supply, almost certainly the spring 100 m W of the acropolis, therefore seems
likely to have lain outside the occupied area of the city.
K. Branigan, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
VIONNOS (Ancient city) LAMBI
Twenty-five km W of Timbaki, a Classical and Hellenistic city. Traces
of Minoan, Geometric, and archaic occupation of the site have been found, but
the most extensive settlement and most of the visible remains belong to the 5th
to the 3d c. B.C. An inscription from the site, assigned to the late 4th c. B.C.,
carries the implication that the city was at that time an independent state.
The city was situated on a small hill and the E slopes below it and,
to judge from surviving house and terrace walls, covered an area of about 1.5
hectares. The defenses of the city are still clearly visible on the N side, where
a massive wall 3 m thick runs straight for over 100 m. From it project two semicircular
towers, each about 6 m in diameter and 40 m apart. At the W end of the wall is
another circular tower, twice the size of the central towers, while the E corner
tower is rectangular in shape and of a different build.
K. Branigan, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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