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Άγιος Γεώργιος
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Ano Meros: a bright green village with the old Kaloeidenas Monastery that had Asomaton Monastery as a monastery dependency many years ago. The village is situated at the foot of Kedros Mountain, at the southwest side of Amari Valley.
The village of Ano Meros is 50km far from Rethimnon city, on the Rethimnon - Apostoli - Meronas - Ano Meros road. The remains of the old Kaloeidenas Monastery and church are above the village.
At Ano Meros there is a memorial dedicated to the heroes of the resistance movement. Located at the foot of Mt Samithos you have spectacular view to the Psiloritis Mt.
The villages of Meronas, Gerakari, Ano Meros, Elenes and Vrises lie at the banks of Kedros Mountain, while the villages of Amari, Opsigia, Monastiraki, Lampiotes and Petrochori prevail at the side of Samitos Mt.. Dorps such as Monastiraki, Vizari, Asomatos, Genna that flourished in earlier years, are built in between the valleys (Amari Valley) and the coombs of the area.
The village of Ano Meros is 50km far from Rethimnon city, on the Rethimnon - Apostoli - Meronas - Ano Meros road. The remains of the old Kaloeidenas Monastery and church are above the village.
At Ano Meros there is a memorial dedicated to the heroes of the resistance movement. Located at the foot of Mt Samithos you have spectacular view to the Psiloritis Mt.
The villages of Meronas, Gerakari, Ano Meros, Elenes and Vrises lie at the banks of Kedros Mountain, while the villages of Amari, Opsigia, Monastiraki, Lampiotes and Petrochori prevail at the side of Samitos Mt.. Dorps such as Monastiraki, Vizari, Asomatos, Genna that flourished in earlier years, are built in between the valleys (Amari Valley) and the coombs of the area.
Mount Kedros (Greek: Όρος Κέντρος), is a mountain on the island of Crete in Greece. It is located southwest of the Ida massif with which it forms the two flanks of the Amari Valley. Mount Kedros is conical-shaped and made of limestone.
Its landscape abounds with canyons and rock cliffs and is almost barren, with dry scrubs and phrygana being the major forms of vegetation. Kedros grows endemic or rare flowers such as tulips, anemones, corn marigolds, turban buttercups, tassel hyacinths, orchids<, etc, and provides ideal conditions for the nesting of falcons as well as larger birds of prey such as griffon vultures, golden eagles and .
Owing to the significance of its flora and fauna, Mount Kedros is a node of the Natura 2000 network of protected areas. An E4 mountain footpath climbs up to the highest peak of the site. A belt of villages collectively known as the Kedros villages are built at altitudes ranging between 400 and 600 m.
Its landscape abounds with canyons and rock cliffs and is almost barren, with dry scrubs and phrygana being the major forms of vegetation. Kedros grows endemic or rare flowers such as tulips, anemones, corn marigolds, turban buttercups, tassel hyacinths, orchids<, etc, and provides ideal conditions for the nesting of falcons as well as larger birds of prey such as griffon vultures, golden eagles and .
Owing to the significance of its flora and fauna, Mount Kedros is a node of the Natura 2000 network of protected areas. An E4 mountain footpath climbs up to the highest peak of the site. A belt of villages collectively known as the Kedros villages are built at altitudes ranging between 400 and 600 m.