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Arkadi - Garazo

Sights

Eleftherna: Tower of the Hellenistic or Byzantine years. At Nisi site near Eleftherna, the precinct of an important sanctuary of the ancient town has been excavated. At Pirgi, the oldest building in the area was found. Other findings include an important part of the town centre at Katsivelos and a cemetery of the geometrical era at Orthi Petra. Pirgos has existed since the Hellenistic era and the two nearby water reservoirs since the roman era.

At Margarites, one of the last villages with potters in Crete, it is worth visiting the churches of Agios Dimitrios (14^th century), Agios Ioannis Theologos (1383), Agios Georgios (14^th century) and the gorge, which is full of cypresses.

Visitors are impressed by the remnants of watermills near Kiriaheli stream at Orthes.

The prevalence of stone in architecture at Kalandare is impressive.

At Palasites, there is the significant wall-painted church of Metamorfosi Sotira.

At Kalamas, you can find the cross-in-square church of Agios Georgios with its dome (12^th century).

At Houmeri, it is worth visiting the church of Panagia

At Damavolos, it is worth visiting the re-erected old school.

At Avdanites, there is a remarkable spring under the big sycamore tree.

At Episkopi, the ruins of the Episcopal church of Agios Ioannis and the Turkish mansions of Kirimides.

At Garazo one can find the known Garaziana Hania.

The Monastery of Arkadi is a Pan-Hellenic symbol of freedom, because in the 1866 revolution its defenders preferred to sacrifice themselves rather than surrender to the besiegers. The building block of this monastery is square with the katholikon, the two-aisled church built in 1587, placed in the centre of the internal precinct. The front side of this church is of a renaissance type with baroque characteristics.

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