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Moni
The first village from Sougia to Chania on your route is Moni, where you can visit the Byzantine church of Aghios Nikolaos. Moni, a small village with about 50 resident population, is 5 km far from Sougia with wonderful view to the Lefka Ori and the Agia Irini gorge.
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The "pyramid" of Chania (in fact cone) is carved into a rock and is a unique monument since there is no mention of such a building - construct. Formal studies, surveys or excavations have not done so far.
The monument itself is unknown in the world, and therefore it is no possible the know the contruction period or age. It is located near Rodovani village and Elyros or Eliros archaeological site, at an altitude of 290 meters above the south coast of Chania prefecture and about 20km before arriving in Sougia coastal village.
Inside the cone has carved a room with dimensions of 2.20 m x 2,10 m. and a height of 1.40 m approximately, which goes from one entrance is on West (at 253 ° C.) dimensions 1.2 m x 0,7 m The circumference of the cone is approximately 16 meters and the height from the top to the floor of the chamber is about 4.6 meters. The circumference of the base is about 29 meters.
The monument itself is unknown in the world, and therefore it is no possible the know the contruction period or age. It is located near Rodovani village and Elyros or Eliros archaeological site, at an altitude of 290 meters above the south coast of Chania prefecture and about 20km before arriving in Sougia coastal village.
Inside the cone has carved a room with dimensions of 2.20 m x 2,10 m. and a height of 1.40 m approximately, which goes from one entrance is on West (at 253 ° C.) dimensions 1.2 m x 0,7 m The circumference of the cone is approximately 16 meters and the height from the top to the floor of the chamber is about 4.6 meters. The circumference of the base is about 29 meters.
Elyros ("Έλυρος" in Greek) is an ancient city, located in southwest Crete, in Kefala Hill, near the village Rodovani, 9km before the caostal village of Sougia, and is presently unexcavated. Elyros was flourishing at least as early as the Greek Classical Period, e.g. 500 to 350 BC.
In the Classical Period Elyros was the most important ancient city in southwestern Crete, having about 16,000 inhabitants. It was an industrial and commercial city with large weapons production. Syia and Lissos were its harbours. Apollo, Phylakides and Philandros, sons of Apollo and nymph Akakallida, were worshiped there.In the third century BC Elyros was at war with Kydonia, an important center of Cretan power, located in the modern city of Chania. The citizens of Elyros sent to the Delphi Oracle, a bronze votive complex that represents a goat feeding the sons of Apollo when they were infants. It is also one of the thirty cities that signed the decree with Eumenes B’ in 183 BC.Elyros was also important during Roman times. A Roman statue, the Philosopher of Elyros was recovered here and is now in the Archaeological Museum of Chania.During Byzantine times, Elyros was the seat of an Archbishop and the remains of the bishopric church, a sixth century basilica, can still be seen in the centre of the old city.Robert Pashley was the first who identified the location of the city, near village Rodovani. Thenon studied more carefully the ruins of the city and discovered the inscription that says: “it seemed to the city of the Elyrians”.
In the Classical Period Elyros was the most important ancient city in southwestern Crete, having about 16,000 inhabitants. It was an industrial and commercial city with large weapons production. Syia and Lissos were its harbours. Apollo, Phylakides and Philandros, sons of Apollo and nymph Akakallida, were worshiped there.In the third century BC Elyros was at war with Kydonia, an important center of Cretan power, located in the modern city of Chania. The citizens of Elyros sent to the Delphi Oracle, a bronze votive complex that represents a goat feeding the sons of Apollo when they were infants. It is also one of the thirty cities that signed the decree with Eumenes B’ in 183 BC.Elyros was also important during Roman times. A Roman statue, the Philosopher of Elyros was recovered here and is now in the Archaeological Museum of Chania.During Byzantine times, Elyros was the seat of an Archbishop and the remains of the bishopric church, a sixth century basilica, can still be seen in the centre of the old city.Robert Pashley was the first who identified the location of the city, near village Rodovani. Thenon studied more carefully the ruins of the city and discovered the inscription that says: “it seemed to the city of the Elyrians”.
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