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THERISSO (Village) CHANIA
The Eleftherios Venizelos Centre for Independence is in Therisos.
In 1905, Venizelos, the revered Cretan politician, set up a revolutionary assembly
here demanding immediate union with mainland Greece. As a result of this assembly
and the ensuing riots, Prince George, the High Commissioner of Crete, resigned.
Finally, in 1913, Venizelos's dream of union with Greece was realised. The house
(his mother's) is to the left in the middle of the village, and has been preserved,
but no official status is given to it.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
It is the nearest gorge to the city
of Chania and the only gorge that a visitor can drive through by car of other
transportation means, since it is crossed by a carriageway leading to the gorge
from Chania via the suburb
of the city of Perivolia. The
main portion of thegorge is 6 km long. The imposing precipitous rocky slopes and
the very luxuriant flora have no cause to be jealous of the bigger gorges of Chania.
The gorge, even if visited by car, and the beauty of the village of
Therisso, built at the foot of the White
Mountains at an altitude of 580 m and only 15 km distant from Chania,
will remain unforgettable to the visitor.
The great politician and later Prime Minister of Greece,
born in Chania at the beginning
of the previous century, actualized the Cretan Revolution from the village of
Therisso in order to unite the island
of Crete and the rest of Greece,
after four hundred years of slavery under the Turks.
(text: Antonis Plymakis)
This text (extract) is cited February 2004 from the Chania
Prefecture Tourism Committee tourist pamphlet.
The road to the village of Therisos goes through the gorge, which
is 6km long. A tree lined river follows the gorge, with steep walls on either
side. The area is very pleasant for walking.
AGIA (Village) THERISSOS
One of the two freshwater lakes in Crete is in Agia. The lake is beside
the road and in the spring is an excellent place for rare flower seekers, bird
watchers and nature lovers.
In Agia there is Virgin Mary's church (of Chania and Kydonia) which after the Arab occupation, for unknown reasons, was transferred by the Italians to the location Episkopi in Agia Kydonia. Following the customs of that time, the church was built in the ruins of an older one, so that materials from pervious ancient churches could be used. On the north wall of the church a part of an older temple is visible. The new church seems to be a "basilica" with arches and two ranges of pillars. Some of them are still preserved today. They were made of red marble and granite and standing on rectangle bases. The church collapsed quite early and has been reconstructed many times. It' s a very rare monument of this kind of Greece. The archaeological committee has characterized it as a preservable monument.
This text is cited Dec 2001 from a WebPage of the Municipality of Therissos.
In Agia there are the ruins of the church of the Panagia, which was the bishopric of Kydonia in the second Byzantine period. The remains of the Panagia are located in Episkopi, Agia. The church was built on the remains of an older one and older materials such as the marble remnants are still evident. The church was a three-aisled basilica. The side aisles were subdivided into four chapels, each with domes supported on the external walls by columns. The columns were made of red marble or granite and were supported by a rectangular base in order to increase their height, since they were from the previous church and were short. On the exterior walls the church has four oval windows, one for each of the chapels. There were other windows behind the church and traces of wall paintings can still be seen.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
PERIVOLIA (Village) THERISSOS
The remains of the wall-painted Byzantine church of Agios Georgios.
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