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Monastiraki is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan town close to Monastiraki village on the island of Crete. The site is on the plain of Amari, west of the Ida massif. Monastiraki is 38 kilometers from Rethymnon.
Monastiraki was first excavated during World War II by the German Archaeological Institute. Excavations began again in 1980 by the University of Crete. Three areas have now been excavated. In the early 1980s an Italian team excavated a small area at the north end of the site where the first store of seals was found. Nearby is the area that was illegally excavated by the Germans during the Second World War.
Their excavation was based on the notebooks of the noted British archaeologist J.D.S. Pendlebury, who was captured and executed by the Germans after the Battle of Crete. The Germans concluded that Monastiraki was a small site and their excavations were not extensive. Greek archaeologists have recently revisited the German excavations with some interesting results.
The main part of the excavation lies to the south of these two areas and is under the supervision of Greek archaeologist Athanasia Kanda. There is not very much published in the public domain, and photography is still forbidden at the site, a ruling enforced by the local villagers who allow visitors onto the site.
Monastiraki likely dates to the Middle Minoan Old Palace period and was destroyed at the same time as the old palaces. Its importance for archaeology, then, lies in the fact that it was not subsequently built on and remains one of the best examples of Middle Minoan archaeology on the island. It is clearly located on a strategically important site, dominating the Amari Valley which connects the south coast of Crete to the west of Phaistos with the north coast of Crete at present day Rethymno. It is quite likely that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center. (Hogan, 2007)
The site may have been a palace, and has thus far yielded a complex of buildings, including storehouses, two archive rooms of earthenware stamps and sanctuaries.
From the village of Monastiraki by the famous Amari Valley, the road to the left follows the side of the hill Samitos and leads to the picturesque mountainous village Lambiotes opposite Psiloritis. Lambiotes is verdant with fruit-bearing and olive trees.
In Lambiotes is the Byzantine church of the Panagia which contains frescoes with a western influence. There is also a coat of arms on a tomb on the exterior wall of the church. Its name is first mentioned in a 1301 contract by the notary public of Handakas, as Βenν. de Βrixanο Lambrotes.
It was mentioned to belong to the county of Amari in 1577 by Fr. Barozzi, Lambrotes and by Kastrofilakas with the name Lambiοtes with 80 residents in 1583. In 1881 it is mentioned as Lampiotais in the municipality of Monastiraki, with 133 Christians, in 1900 as Lampiotes with 178 in the municipality of Panakraioi, while in 1920 it is the capital of the homonymous rural municipality. It seems that the village was set up by the residents of another town, called Lampi - this is another, more modern, name for the town of ancient Lappa - which is now the town of Argiroupoli. "Lampiotis" is the singular noun that means "resident of Lampi" and "Lampiotes" is the plural.
Moreover, the olive cultivation flourishes throughout the province and a kind of olives called" throubes" are produced here. From Monastiraki, a turn to the right leads, after 2 km, to Amari Village. From Lambiotes you can visit Asomaton Monastery.
The road on the left, after the Monastery, leads to the villages Vistagi and Platania. The road straight ahead begins to go uphill towards Vizari and Fourfouras.
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