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Kastelos village, west Crete is a semi-mountainous village built on the feet of the White Mountains on an altitude of 252 m. It’s named derived from the site it was built (like a castle).
Originally the village was situated lower en the valley in the present area of the settlement Agathes from where the inhabitants were forced to leave in 1800 due to the Ottomans.
Close to the village a there was in 1835 a severe battle amongst Cretans and Ottomans that left 22 dead Ottomans and just 1 Cretan. It was the reason that the Ottomans stopped raiding the area. The locals had an important contribution to the resistance against the Germans fascists during the 2nd World War.
Originally the village was situated lower en the valley in the present area of the settlement Agathes from where the inhabitants were forced to leave in 1800 due to the Ottomans.
Close to the village a there was in 1835 a severe battle amongst Cretans and Ottomans that left 22 dead Ottomans and just 1 Cretan. It was the reason that the Ottomans stopped raiding the area. The locals had an important contribution to the resistance against the Germans fascists during the 2nd World War.
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