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The mountaineering shelter Prinos
The mountaineering shelter Prinos is located in the eastern foot of Psiloritis mountain (Ida mountain) by a distance of 28km southwest of the city of Heraklion, in an altitude of 1100 metres. Following the European Mountaineering Path E4, that passes outside Ano Asites village and after two hours of walking you reach the shelter.
There is also an earth-road difficult for a conventional car, that begins little afterwards the abbey of Gorgolaini and goes up to the mountain. From this point shelter abstains 25 – 30 minutes by feet.
Asites village area are offered for those who like in walking and mountaineering ways. The ascent to the shelter of Prinos constitutes challenge for the visitor that wants to walk in the taller mountain of central Crete. This shelter, that was built in 1967 and extended in 1992 can entertain 25 individuals, it allocates reservoir of rain water and it is heated with two traditional heaters
Accessible by path from the villages of Kouroutes (10 km dirt road), Lohria (dirt road to the woods of Pardi 1500m from the hut), and Apodoulou. 50 beds.Rethymnon EOS holds the keys.
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It’s the most well-preserved monastery in the area having suffered the times of the Turkish occupation and the Revolution.
The Monastery is dated since the years of the Venetian occupation in the 14th century. Its temple is devoted to St. George (Agios Georgios) and its building was complete in 1627.
During the times of the Turkish occupation it was a base of operations of the several revolutionary movements. It was also a fine resort with huge oaks covering its yard. Two of the yards trees (a plane tree and a cypress) have been announced as “protected natural monuments”. The monastery community insists on not using electricity preserving a unique atmosphere of the past during the ceremonies. The woodcut screen of the temple is a fine example of the 19th century ecclesiastical woodcarving. During the sixties this monastery was used as a children’s camp by the archbishopric foundation of Crete.
In the yard of the monastery, the visitor can see the bust of Fragias Mastrachas, a brave chieftain that was killed in a battle against the Turks in 1868 when he was 75 years old. There was also a marble lion from the years of the Venetian occupation, decorating the monastery’s fountain but it was stolen in 1990.
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