WEATHER
Anogeia
Light Showers
11°C
Wind: 15 Southwest
Rethymno
16°C
Wind: 27 West
Spili
14°C
Wind: 06 West
Fragma Potamon
17°C
Wind: 13 West
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Gerakari - Aplitra (Toubotos Prinos Shelter)
Length: 22 km
Estimated time: 3-8 hours
Suggested period: January - December
Difficulty: Relatively difficult in the area of Fourfoura, near the shelter
Lampiotes
The village of Lampiotes is a municipal office of the Municipality of Kourites. It is 41 km far from Rethymno and has a population of 83 residents. Its name is first mentioned in a 1301 contract by the notary public of Handakas, as Βenν. de Βrixanο Lambrotes.
It was mentioned to belong to the county of Amari in 1577 by Fr. Barozzi, Lambrotes and by Kastrofilakas with the name Lambiοtes with 80 residents in 1583. In 1881 it is mentioned as Lampiotais in the municipality of Monastiraki, with 133 Christians, in 1900 as Lampiotes with 178 in the municipality of Panakraioi, while in 1920 it is the capital of the homonymous rural municipality. It seems that the village was set up by the residents of another town, called Lampi - this is another, more modern, name for the town of ancient Lappa - which is now the town of Argiroupoli. "Lampiotis" is the singular noun that means "resident of Lampi" and "Lampiotes" is the plural.
Source: Union of the People of Amari in Rethymno