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AGIA TRIADA (Village) LEFKI
The Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) Community is 35 km from the town of
Sitia at the end of the plateau of Ziros, with a population of 156. Long ago,
the village was called Tso and today it is named after the Cathedral. Despite
the 8 km distance from the sea, its residents are very good fishermen. The Agia
Triada Community includes the smaller communities of Dasonari, Livari, Achladi,
Stalos and Amigdali. The archaeological search gave many indications of ancient
features especially in Stalos where a Minoan settlement and some vaulted tombs
were brought to light. In the area of Livari there is a Minoan cave the Alogara.
This text is cited September 2004 from the Interkriti URL below.
CHANDRAS (Village) LEFKI
The village of Handras is 29.5km south of Sitia on the Sitia - Piskokefalo
- Epano Episkopi - Handras road, and in the area are various Venetian, Turkish,
and Byzantine remains.
ETIA (Settlement) LASSITHI
The village of Etia is 31km south of Sitia on the Sitia - Piskokefalo
- Epano Episkopi - Papagiannades - Etia road. In the area of Etia there are some
important Venetian remains and Byzantine churches.
Etia is a small settlement situated in the Municipality of Lefki.
It's 2 klm away from the village of Papagianades driving to the village of Armeni.
In a Venetian census was recorded with a population of 564. The village
of Etia was at peak of its power around the Venetian occupation and from the presence
of the St. John and St. Aikaterini churches one assumes that the village also
existed through the Byzantine period as well.
The village used to be private property of the De Mezzo family, a
venetian family, where they built their three-storeyed house, the Seragio Serai
House, which used to host Turkish officers as well during the Turkish occupation
and can be seen nowadays. This House is considered to be one of the most important
samples of the Venetian architecture in Crete.
The church of St. Aikaterini used to be occupied by the Turks as a
mosque until the Cretan revolution in 1897.
At the south of village of Etia there is the hill of Etiani Kefala
at an altitude of 715 m. where it used to be a sacred place but unfortunately
nowadays looted.
This text is cited September 2004 from the Interkriti URL below.
KOUFONISSI (Island) LEFKI
ZIROS (Village) LEFKI
The village of Ziros is 30km south of Sitia on the Sitia - Piskokefalo
- Epano Episkopi - Handras - Ziros road. There are a number of Byzantine churches
in the area. Agios Nikolaos, another church in the village, is full of frescoes
and was one of the last churches painted in this manner. As the painting of icons
became more popular, the art of fresco painting disappeared. Ziros is a very pleasant
village situated among some of the richest vineyards and olives groves in Crete.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
This small village is about 30 km south of Sitia and has very poor history. It was occupied by Turks and a plot killed a number of local men in the church of Agia Paraskevi. The bones of these men are on display in the same church. In Agia Paraskevi is also a fresco on the arch above the door dated 1565.
KOUFONISSI (Island) LEFKI
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