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The village of Kalamafka is 11km northwest of Ierapetra and 25km south
of Agios Nikolaos on the road Agios Nikolaos - Kalo Horio - Kalamafka. The village
of Kalamafka is impressively situated on the edge of a mountainside. From Kalamafka
you can see both coastlines (north and south Crete) and forested hills. The chapel
of the Panagia is located on the side of the west mountain above the village.
Kalamafka was probably the site of an ancient Greek city called Larissa which
was occupied by Ierapytna and its habitants forced to leave for Ierapytna. Later
some of them were allowed to return. In the hill of Kastellos there is a cave
and within it the church of Stavros, reached by an ascent of 242 steps, after
which one may enjoy the view from the top.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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