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Category: Church
Prefecture: Chania
Address: Αμμουδάρι, Ασκύφου
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Askifou
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The village of Askifou, built on the Asfikou plateau, formed by the mountains of Kastro and Fanari on the West and the mountain range of "Horeftes", offers a magical view to the visitor. The view is incomparable when the plateau is covered with snow in the winter, and when is green in the spring.

 

It is located at an altitude of 750 m, and it is 50 km from the city of Hania and 20 km from the village of Vrises. Its population is approximately 500 people. The small villages that constitute the community of Askifou are Kares, Ammoudari, Goni and Petres. The most touristically organised of them is Ammoudari with restaurants, gas station, and some rooms for rent.

The name Askifou is probably derived from the ancient word "Skifos", meaning cup, because the plateau looks like a big cup. Most of the times in winter the plateau is covered with snow. In a house in Ammoudari there is the only fir-tree in Crete The main occupation of the inhabitants is sheep and goat raising and there are many cheese dairies where the visitor can buy some excellent cheese like athotiros and myzithra. During November, in many houses they produce the famous raki, the alcoholic liquor from grapes.

The plateau receives many visitors, especially the last years, mainly passengers on their way to and from Hora Sfakion , or hikers climbing in the nearby mountains. In the plateau there is a Post Office with exchange.There are some rooms for rent and some taverns where the visitor can enjoy the famous Sfakian specialities like the Sfakian pies (cheese pies with honey) and the delicious "siglina" (pork meat smoked with aromatic herbs).     A big public feast is taking place every year on the celebration of the Pentecost (first week of June) , in the chapel built on the plateau of Tauris, at an altitude of 1000 m. After the divine service, in accordance with the Sfakian customs, delicious food and excellent wine are offered to all visitors.The plateau of Askifou is considered the Thermopiles of Sfakia, because the only way to the Hora Sfakion and the surrounding coastal area is through this plateau. In Askifou, in the 21st of August 1866, met the General Congress that declared the union of Crete with the rest of Greece, and abolished the Turkish authority to Crete.From Askifou the visitor can enjoy a walk to the White Mountains. The distance from Ammoudari to the plateau of Tauris where a shelter is placed, is 7 km, and the walk through the path takes about 1,5 hours. Continuing for another 1 km. is the plateau of Niatos (altitude 1200 m) above which are the imposing mountain peaks of the White Mountains, Kastro (2218 m) and on the right Fanari (2190 m), which can be reached with a four hours climbing.
War Museum Askifou
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George A. Hatzidakis, a child who saw the light of life in a village of Sfakia (Askifou) on December 12, 1931 and died defeated by the disease on 12 December 2007.A few years after his birth, the German invasion on the island became a reality. The eyes of a ten years boy saw the savage face of war in wake of scattered ruins, suffering and death.

The house was one of the thousands that were destroyed by the merciless bombardment of the enemy. What is the cost but more was the loss of his younger sister. On his forehead was a large sign visible from the injury that came close to the lead in the bloody list of unjustly shed children of that war. Actually the scenes that marred experienced not only the body but the soul.

The rest of his family and himself managed to escape and find refuge a few miles farther on a village of Vamos (Georgioupolis). The war had left a question ... ... pondered the futility of ... Since there managed to fight and defend the sacred soil of the island wanted to honor the other way as a genuine Cretan to win it a few drops of immortality.

It started with a passion to collect every vestige of the battle to succeed as characteristically telling himself to keep alive the glorious memory of our ancestors and to stimulate younger to deal with their history. The collection currently lists over 2000 items for the period 1940-44 and continues to grow ever thanks to the persistent and admirable efforts of his son, Andrew G. Hatzidakis, who eventually hopes to find a way to accommodate and create a war museum worthy of their history.

http://www.warmuseumaskifou.com/

 

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