Κατηγορία: Πόλη-Χωριό
Νομός: Ηρακλείου
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Village belonging to the municipality of Agia Varvara at the eastern slopes of Psiloritis Mountain, three and a half kilometers away from the main town of Agia Varvara and 32 km far from Heraklion City and located at an altitude of 640 m above sea level. This village is even older than the former ones and we come across a reference to it in a document dated in 1248, where the settlement is recorded as belonging to the archbishopric of Crete. Another reference is found in a legal agreement established in 1411.

The name figures in all the Venetian censi of the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as in the Turkish and Egyptian censi. In 1881, it forms part of the municipality of Zaros with about 180 inhabitants, and again in 1900. As of 1920 it is a commune in its own right, and today with the lower village of Kato Moulia it counts over 550 inhabitants.

Τhe main church of the village, with wall paintings, is that of the patron saints, Saints Peter and Paul, and there is a village feast on the 29th June, in their honour. The lovely chapel of Zoodochos Pigis is also well worth a visit.