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The settlement of Aghios Vasileios of the N. Kazantzakis municipality is built on the slopes of the Kefalas heights at 360 metres and is one of the great and beautiful villages of the municipality, exactly in its centre. The houses are amphitheatrically built, have a panoramic view to the fertile farms of the region.
POPULATION: 426 (2001 Census)ALTITUDE: 360 mDISTANCE FROM HERAKLION: 21km.ROUTE: Proposed routes:A) Heraklion-Knossos-Spilia-Kounavoi-Peza-Kalloni-Aghios Vasileios.B) Heraklion-Skalani-Peza-Kalloni- Aghios Vasileios. (via the new national road Heraklion-Viannos). PREFECTURE: Heraklion
A view in one of the most authentic and breathtaking landscapes. Vines and olives wave in silver and green colors when the air is playing with their leaves. Its distance from Heraklion is 21 kilometres. According to the latest Census in 2001 the population sums up to 426 residents. It shares a border with Kalloni, Houdetsi and Melesses.
Patron saint is of course is Aghios Vasileios with the temple at the Centre of the settlement which together with the rest in the surrounding area highlights the reverence of the inhabitants. Indeed, the old people tell us that during the epidemic of swine fever that had ravaged the surrounding villages Aghios Vasileios was not afflicted, because it was protected by the churches that surround it. Apart from the churches, one can admire the village itself walking through the alleys and beautiful neighborhoods such as: Livadi, Plakoura, Kolonaki, Kara, Tourkogheitonia, Katrades and Geraki.Name-Historical elements.
The earliest indication of the name, owed to the the Church of the Saint which dominates in the Centre of the village is in a 1368 document where it’s referred to as Agio Vassili. In 1391 it was a fief of Marcus Dandulo. In 1577 it is reported by Barozzi as Agios Vassilis, in 1583 from the Kastrofylakas as S. Baseggio with 269 inhabitants, in 1630 by the Basilicata as Basegio de Schilus. In the Turkish census of 1671 it’s referred to as Hagio Vαsili with 15 Christian and 10 Turkish families, in 1881 it is included in the municipality of Aghies Paraskies with 375 Christians and 23 Turks. In 1900 it’s still in the same municipality with 390 inhabitants. In 1928 it is the seat of a homonymous community with 465 inhabitants. In all of the county’s fights there were defenders of the homeland from this village. In the Macedonian war, Konstantinos Hatzidakis and Solonas Kamilakis were distinguished fighters.Archaeology-myth and tradition.
Very close to the agglomeration, going South within the Valley to Houdetsi is the cavernous Sinnaitic Temple and Holy Monastery of Spiliotissa (iera Moni Spiliotissas), a Sinai dependency/glebe (metochi). The mural traces on the on the rock walls of the Virgin Mary’s cave (Spileo Panagias) are dated back to the 15th century.
At the end of the 16th century the monastery belonged to the rich offsprings of the Venetian family of Falieron. In 1599, scholar Ioannis Morezinos was appointed by the Venetians as a minister in the monastery of Spiliotissa. In 1600 it appears that the monastery was peaking.
It was passed to Sinai as an oblation to escape the Turks, but we do not know when exactly this happened. In 1866 the first elementary school in the region was founded in the monastery. Georgios Parasirakis is one of the names mentioned among the teachers. In those years this school was providing its services to the neighbouring settlements as well.
In the same Valley towards Houdetsi another Sinaitic Temple is located, the Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos (Saint John the Forerunner) with intensely interesting murals dating back to 1291. The ownership inscription near the door reads:Renewed and restored the all-venerable and divine temple… Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John by… and in the expense of Nikolaos Tziakontopoulos… nun… year… of Andronikos Paleologos..
In the location of the village you will find more churches with murals such as the Church of Aghios Antonios and Aghia Pelagia. Some of the other churches are the ones of Aghia Paraskevi, Aghia Kiriaki, Aghios Konstantinos, Aghios Athanasios and Cyrillos. Two persons are portrayed in the Church of Aghios Athanasios and Cyrillos, a smiling and a sad one. In accordance with the lore, once there were two sisters. One stole the other’s dowry. The one who took them laughs while the other cries.www.endoxora-irakleiou.gr
POPULATION: 426 (2001 Census)ALTITUDE: 360 mDISTANCE FROM HERAKLION: 21km.ROUTE: Proposed routes:A) Heraklion-Knossos-Spilia-Kounavoi-Peza-Kalloni-Aghios Vasileios.B) Heraklion-Skalani-Peza-Kalloni- Aghios Vasileios. (via the new national road Heraklion-Viannos). PREFECTURE: Heraklion
A view in one of the most authentic and breathtaking landscapes. Vines and olives wave in silver and green colors when the air is playing with their leaves. Its distance from Heraklion is 21 kilometres. According to the latest Census in 2001 the population sums up to 426 residents. It shares a border with Kalloni, Houdetsi and Melesses.
Patron saint is of course is Aghios Vasileios with the temple at the Centre of the settlement which together with the rest in the surrounding area highlights the reverence of the inhabitants. Indeed, the old people tell us that during the epidemic of swine fever that had ravaged the surrounding villages Aghios Vasileios was not afflicted, because it was protected by the churches that surround it. Apart from the churches, one can admire the village itself walking through the alleys and beautiful neighborhoods such as: Livadi, Plakoura, Kolonaki, Kara, Tourkogheitonia, Katrades and Geraki.Name-Historical elements.
The earliest indication of the name, owed to the the Church of the Saint which dominates in the Centre of the village is in a 1368 document where it’s referred to as Agio Vassili. In 1391 it was a fief of Marcus Dandulo. In 1577 it is reported by Barozzi as Agios Vassilis, in 1583 from the Kastrofylakas as S. Baseggio with 269 inhabitants, in 1630 by the Basilicata as Basegio de Schilus. In the Turkish census of 1671 it’s referred to as Hagio Vαsili with 15 Christian and 10 Turkish families, in 1881 it is included in the municipality of Aghies Paraskies with 375 Christians and 23 Turks. In 1900 it’s still in the same municipality with 390 inhabitants. In 1928 it is the seat of a homonymous community with 465 inhabitants. In all of the county’s fights there were defenders of the homeland from this village. In the Macedonian war, Konstantinos Hatzidakis and Solonas Kamilakis were distinguished fighters.Archaeology-myth and tradition.
Very close to the agglomeration, going South within the Valley to Houdetsi is the cavernous Sinnaitic Temple and Holy Monastery of Spiliotissa (iera Moni Spiliotissas), a Sinai dependency/glebe (metochi). The mural traces on the on the rock walls of the Virgin Mary’s cave (Spileo Panagias) are dated back to the 15th century.
At the end of the 16th century the monastery belonged to the rich offsprings of the Venetian family of Falieron. In 1599, scholar Ioannis Morezinos was appointed by the Venetians as a minister in the monastery of Spiliotissa. In 1600 it appears that the monastery was peaking.
It was passed to Sinai as an oblation to escape the Turks, but we do not know when exactly this happened. In 1866 the first elementary school in the region was founded in the monastery. Georgios Parasirakis is one of the names mentioned among the teachers. In those years this school was providing its services to the neighbouring settlements as well.
In the same Valley towards Houdetsi another Sinaitic Temple is located, the Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos (Saint John the Forerunner) with intensely interesting murals dating back to 1291. The ownership inscription near the door reads:Renewed and restored the all-venerable and divine temple… Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John by… and in the expense of Nikolaos Tziakontopoulos… nun… year… of Andronikos Paleologos..
In the location of the village you will find more churches with murals such as the Church of Aghios Antonios and Aghia Pelagia. Some of the other churches are the ones of Aghia Paraskevi, Aghia Kiriaki, Aghios Konstantinos, Aghios Athanasios and Cyrillos. Two persons are portrayed in the Church of Aghios Athanasios and Cyrillos, a smiling and a sad one. In accordance with the lore, once there were two sisters. One stole the other’s dowry. The one who took them laughs while the other cries.www.endoxora-irakleiou.gr
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