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Kandanos is the capital of Selino and is 58km from Chania on the
Chania - Tavronitis - Kandanos road. Kandanos receives the most rainfall in
Crete and a small river flows there year-round. Kandanos is surrounded by olive
groves. Near Kandanos there are many interesting Byzantine churches.
In the Greek and Roman periods a city called Kandanos or Kandania flourished
here. Its position is not certain, but most people believe that it was at the
site of the modern city Kandanos, not in Kadros, more to the south, as others
assume. Remains from a very large building with a mosaic floor of the third
century A.D. were found here. The church in Tzevremiana, near Kandanos, is thought
to be on the site of a bishopric church from the first Byzantine period. Ancient
Kandanos might have been destroyed by the Arabs.
During the Turkish occupation, Kandanos became the home of some very wild Turkish
people and many battles took place here to drive them out. In World War II,
the people in Kandanos resisted the Germans and the town was razed to the ground
"so that it is never to be built again", as the inscription that was left says.
The scene of the heroic stand was south of Kandanos in a gorge. The Cretans
delayed a German force for two days and the ensuing death of twenty-five Germans
resulted in the destruction of Kandanos.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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