Listed 16 sub titles with search on: Information about the place for wider area of: "GEROPOTAMOS Municipality RETHYMNO" .
ANGELIANA (Village) GEROPOTAMOS
For church enthusiasts, the Byzantine church of Agios Antonios in
the village of Aggeliana 24km east of Rethimnon, near Perama, will be of interest.
BALI (Port) RETHYMNO
The village of Bali is 37km from Rethimnon on the Rethimnon - Iraklion
highway, on the northern coast of Crete, and it is a pleasant village with a small
harbour, a beach, a monastery and an old fountain nearby.
Bali was the seaport for the classical city of Axos, but no physical
evidence remains. There is a small fishing harbour there now.
KALAMAS (Settlement) GEROPOTAMOS
The village of Kalamas is 35km southeast of Rethimnon, directly south
of Perama. In the village of Kalamas is the Byzantine church of Agios Georgios.
KASTRI (Settlement) GEROPOTAMOS
The village of Kastri is 35km southeast of Rethimnon and south of
Perama. It can be reached by the Rethimnon - Iraklion highway, exiting at Panormon.
It is an old village that took its name from a Venetian castle that used to be
up in the mountains. To reach Kastri you will go through some villages which still
maintain traditional village characteristics. The area of Kastri contains several
Byzantine churches.
This text is cited Dec 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
MARGARITES (Village) GEROPOTAMOS
The village of Margarites, which is located 27km southeast of Rethimnon,
near ancient Eleftherna, is an old village known for its pottery production. The
pots are handmade using techniques dating back thousands of years. Various village
shops sell the local pottery. The village has several remains from older eras
and several Byzantine churches. Walking around the village one can
see ornate doors and walls dating from the Venetian era. These features, as well
as the narrow alleys, retain certain aspects of traditional Cretan village architecture.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
MELIDONI (Village) GEROPOTAMOS
The village of Melidoni is 28km east of Rethimnon near the highway
to Iraklion, and the village of Perama. Route: Rethimnon - Panormon - Perama -
Melidoni. Melidoni is known for its cave which has archaeological and historical
significance.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
PANORMOS (Village) RETHYMNO
Panormon is a small village and harbour 20km east of Rethimnon, easily
reached by the National Highway. The area near Panormon has remains of early Byzantine
churches.
During the 1800s, Panormon was a busy commercial centre and a steamship
line travelled from here to Rethimnon and Iraklion. The Venetians also used the
harbour and there was a fort and a castle here. No evidence of these remains now.
Panormon is a pleasant stop because of its good beach and reasonable level of
tourist accommodation and tavernas overlooking the harbour.
ALLARIA (Ancient city) GEROPOTAMOS
Eth. Allariates. A city of Crete of uncertain site, of which coins are extant,
bearing on the obverse the head of Pallas, and on the reverse a figure of Heracles
standing.
PANORMOS (Ancient city) GEROPOTAMOS
A harbour on the northern coast of Crete.
ASTALI (Ancient city) GEROPOTAMOS
The ancient site has been identified with the modern village of Bali (some scholars, though, locate the ancient Astali, the seaport of the ancient Axou, at the Fodele bay).
PANTOMATRION (Ancient city) GEROPOTAMOS
Milopotamos. A titular see of Crete,
suffragan of Candia. Certain historians and geographers identify this locality
with the ancient Pantomatrion mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium, by Ptolemy,
who places it between Rhethymnos
and the promontory of Dium, and by Pliny, who places it elsewhere. . .
S. Valhi, ed.
Transcribed by: Douglas J. Potter
This extract is cited June 2003 from The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent online edition URL below.
ALLARIA (Ancient city) GEROPOTAMOS
A Minoan and Graeco-Roman settlement about 12 km E of Rethymno. The
site seems to have been first occupied during the Middle Bronze Age, and occupation
in the Late Bronze Age, Geometric, and archaic periods is suggested by pottery
recovered from the site. More intensive occupation, and most of the surviving
and visible remains, however, belong to the Hellenistic and Roman eras.
The main Graeco-Roman city was situated on the rising ground E of
the modern course of the stream and just above the shore. Apart from Roman house
walls visible in the cliff face by the shore, there is little to be seen of the
city itself. Tombs belonging to its cemeteries during the Roman period, however,
can be seen to both E and W. A third cemetery area lies to the SW where groups
of rock-cut chamber tombs and rock-cut graves can still be seen.
Outlying remains of some interest include traces of a Late Minoan
sanctuary, which continued to be used as a sacred site during the archaic and
Classical periods, situated on the hill of Kakavella, 400 m SW of the city.
Material from the site is stored both in Rethymno and the Herakleion
museums, and there are also some interesting finds in the collection of Khamalevri
School.
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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