Category: Town-Village
Prefecture: Chania
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Flaki village is 50 km away from Chania and is situated on the east hills of Ceorgioupolis, west Crete. The village took its name after the existing building of prisons and the Creek guardhouses along the river Mousela that runs through the village.

 

The river used to be navigable while the watermill ruins that exist along the river show a pre-industrial activity. The history of Flaki is lost in time: the late Minoan grave (1500 BQ found here witness the age of the first settlement.

The present village was built during the Venetian era and it became the capital of the Prefecture in 1880. That era left us with the buildings of the Prison and the Courthouse, which have interesting architectural features. The area around the village is full of myths about fairies, miracles and mysterious voices linked to the old churches, the caves, the forests and the footpaths, things that make the rumbling around the place much more interesting