Location information

Kournas

KOURNAS (Village) GEORGIOUPOLI
  The old village of Kournas maintains aspects of traditional Cretan village architecture and there are several Byzantine churches. The village is 43km from Chania and 20km from Rethimnon. Kournas Lake, old villages, Byzantine churches, a Minoan tomb and a cave are in the area around the village. In Patima (near Kournas) there is the church of Agios Theodoros which also has a fine, decorated tomb within the church. In Patima there are also the remains of Venetian buildings.

This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.

Crete TOURnet WebPage
• http://www.crete.tournet.gr/MainArea.jdp?ID=20 (4 img.)