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ARKOUDOSPILIA (Cave) AKROTIRI
The cave of Our Lady of the Bear (Spileo Arkoudas) is on the path
from Gouverneto to Katholiko. The chapel dedicated to the Virgin is inside the
cave. At the rear of the cave there is a grey bear-shaped stalagmite with a small
pond in front of it. Local legend says that the Virgin Mary turned the bear to
stone after she caught it drinking the monks' water. Archaeologist claim that
in antiquity the cave was a shrine to Artemis, who was transformed into the shape
of a bear. On the first day of February local people come in the evening for the
church service and stay in the cave afterwards to celebrate with food and wine.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below.
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