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Potamies Village is located 17km south of Chersonisos city on the way to Avdou village and Lassithi plateau.
The visitors can attend the celebration of Virgin Mary’s Assumption on 14th and 15th of August, with live traditional music and dances.
The village of Potamies lies within an idyllic landscape with luxuriant vegetation, surrounded by vineyards, orange and olive-groves, at an altitude of 170metres. Spreading over the verdant valley of the river Aposelemis, which sources from the Lassithi Mountains disemboguing in the northwestern coasts, it is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque villages of Heraklion. The village Sfentili belonged to its older community. There are two considerable region monuments. The first is the ancient domed, wall-painted monastery of Panagia Gouverniotissa, a symbol of the village, dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother, with its exquisite, well-preserved hagiographies. The second is the old Church of the Transfiguration, which lies within the vineyards.
The visitors can attend the celebration of Virgin Mary’s Assumption on 14th and 15th of August, with live traditional music and dances.
The village of Potamies lies within an idyllic landscape with luxuriant vegetation, surrounded by vineyards, orange and olive-groves, at an altitude of 170metres. Spreading over the verdant valley of the river Aposelemis, which sources from the Lassithi Mountains disemboguing in the northwestern coasts, it is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque villages of Heraklion. The village Sfentili belonged to its older community. There are two considerable region monuments. The first is the ancient domed, wall-painted monastery of Panagia Gouverniotissa, a symbol of the village, dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother, with its exquisite, well-preserved hagiographies. The second is the old Church of the Transfiguration, which lies within the vineyards.
At the northwest side of Potamies Pediados is located the monastery of Panayia Gouverniotissa. Dates back to 14th century and until 20th was a monastery.
The church has cross shape with beautiful frescos. Charasteristic fresco is this with the Christ Pantocrator in the middle dome.
At the time of Turkish occupation the monastery and its fields were not conquered by the Turks as the Ephemeral of the monastery told to the Turkish Pasha that he dreamed him to conquer the whole Crete.
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