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GERAKI (Village) KASTELI
From Geraki one can reach the lovely chapel of Agia Anna, driving through a particularly beautiful landscape. To get there you must take a dirt road for about 13 km, so you can either walk, or else drive if you have a 4-wheel drive vehicle that will stand up to the rough mountain surface.
You will find the view down over the Geraki glen compensates your efforts. A series of different types of landscape meet the eye: rocky parts in contrast to wooded land, sheep. goats and pretty stone-built sheepfolds. Bring some food with you: there is fresh running water by the chapel and the place is ideal for a picnic.
This text is cited Dec 2003 from the Interkriti URL below, which contains images.
LILIANO (Village) KASTELI
The very important Byzantine church of Agios Ioannis is in the village
of Liliano, near Kastelli, Pediada. It is a three-aisled basilica, in which the
central aisle is higher than the others. The aisles are separated with arches
supported by columns. The columns have column capitals of the Ionian style. The
church has a narthex beside the entrance which is a room at right angles to the
aisles and lower than the main church. The church has been built with material
from previous churches. In the interior there is a small stairway and a column,
remainders of an older church in the same place. The church of Agios Ioannis must
have been built in the seventh or eighth century, one of the last churches built
in the style of three-aisled basilica in Crete.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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