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In the municipal district of Ano Asites, Gorgolainis Municipality, 26km far from Heraklion City, there is the E4 European Mountaineering Path passing right through Agios Antonios gorge, leading to a very beautiful location with dense forest plantation called Prinos on an altitude of 1100 meters. The gorges of Agios Antonios and Agios Charalambos are ideal for naturist walks and excursions. Agios Antonios gorge is located east of Ano Asites village.
In its mouth there is a homonymous church devoted to St. Anthony. There are eighty different flora samples according studies of the European Union, four of which are threatened by extinction. There are also twenty-four different animal species eleven of which are protected.
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Ano Asites is a beautiful small village, 22 klm south of Heraklion, Crete.There are 2 gorges, one cave, a shelter (Prinos mountain shelter) for the climbers up to the mountain (1000m), a work shop for handmade bells (for sheep and goats), a folklore museum, a lot of churches and a lot of bee keepers, shepherds and farmers. Near by the village there is the archeological site of Rizinia. And a lot more to explore!.
Kato Asites of Gorgolaini Municipality is on the eastern slopes of Psiloritis Mountain on 450 meters altitude and 23 kilometers outside Heraklion, Crete. The locations Notiko and Prinos as well as Kastella near Gorgolaini monastery are of great interest as they were bases of the Greek Revolution and are some of the oldest monasteries of Crete. In this monastery you can find the tomb of Fragios Mastrachas, comrade-in arms of Kapetan Korakas who was killed in a battle in 1868. There are also three trees that have been declared preservable: a plane tree and a cypress in Gorgolaini monastery and an oak in the location where Mastrachas was killed.
The village has 9 churches, with church Agia Pariskevi being the most famous one. The story behind the church is legendary to the village. While being under Turkish occupation between 15th and 19 century, a Turk tried to sabotage a Cretan wedding. He went to the wedding and tried to shoot the bride. Unfortunately for him, the bullet ricocheted off the church wall and into his stomach, killing him.
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