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The Monastery is located 20km south of Heraklion town and it is hidden in the sides of the lush green Spiliotissa canyon. It can be easily accessed by walking on a green path, 500m long, from Houdetsi village. Along this path you will see the Byzantine churches of St. John and Anthony, and two old water mills. The church was founded in the early 17th century, after finding the image of the Virgin. The year 1649 was donated to the Monastery of Sinai because of the privileges and since then is in dependency of Sinai. The monastery because of lack of space and ιts quiet nature is unable to accept organized tourist groups.
Surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, 17.7 kilometers from Heraklion to Ano Vianno, we meet the village of Peza. Here is the seat of the Municipality of Nikos Kazantzakis. The people are involved in traditional viticulture and olive growing. They produce high quality oil with a designation of origin and also the eponymous OPAP wine of the region. These days not a lot of table grapes are exported like in the old days. But the in the village operate the industrial facilities of the Association of Peza that standardize oil and wine farmers in the region.
POPULATION: 426 (Census 2001)ALTITUDE: 310 m.DISTANCE FROM HERAKLION: 17.7 kmPATH: Proposed routes. A)-Heraklion Knossos-Spilia-Patsides-Kounavoi-Peza. B) Heraklion-Skalani-Peza. (Via the new national road Heraklion-Viannos).PREFECTURE: HeraklionMUNICIPALITY: Nikos Kazantzakis
Place Description- Settlement. The village, because it was and still is a transportation hub for the region and alo is a stopover on the national road from Heraklion to Arkalochori and Viannos you will find small restaurants and shops, banks, a Regional Medical Center etc. A walk in the village will relax you, you will see the church of Aghios Nikolaos and the old church of the Eisodia tis Thotokou (Presentation of Mary). Where the chapel of Aghios Constantinos is built-there have been excavated medieval wine presses.
Name-Historical data.
The earliest mention of the settlement is in 1212 documents as Piscia, while in a 1271 contract as Pesee. In the Pediada province it’s mentioned by Kastrofilaka, in 1583, named Pesa with 214 residents and by Basilicata in 1630. The Turkish census of 1671 referred to it as Peze with 39 hikes, while the Egyptian census of 1834 as Peza with 5 Turkish and 5Christian families.
In the 1881 census it’s reported from the Aghies Paraskies municipality, with 157 Christians and 34 Turk residents. In 1900 it’s in the same municipality with 222 inhabitants in 1920 it established a rural municipality with 341 inhabitants.
According to tradition, it was named in the era of Ottoman rule. They say that at the time there was nearby a Turk derven agas who whenever he encountered anyone mounted on a horse, he would force him to unmount and whip him. This fact was forcing people to go on foot through this village and so the village was named Peza (on foot/pedestrian).
During the Turkish occupation, the village and almost all villages in the area were inhabited by Turks mostly. Lore has it that then lived in the village a beautiful girl whom a Turk wanted to marry. But she preferred a man from the village, a Greek. On her wedding day the Turks killed the groom and then cut out his the liver. The bride was forced to eat half of it and the other half was thrown into a well, which has since become known “tou Skoti to pigadi” (the Liver’s well).
During the German occupation the village was commandeered by the conquerors, after they erected a flag on the church of Ag. Nikolas, at the center of the village, which was still without a roof. In the village the Germans built ammunition depots, which exploded in sabotage and as retaliation the Germans arrested several residents of Peza.
Archeology-myth and tradition.
At the Cathedral of the village Saint Nicholas is celebrated on December 6. Another great festival is on November 21 that celebrates the old church Evangelismos tis Theotokou, who is also patron saint of the village. Other churches is Ag. Constantinos (Byzantine church), Aghios Dimitrios (Saint Demetrius), Aghios Georgios (Saint George) (in the cemetery), Aghioi Cosmas and Damianos (Saints Cosmas and Damian).
Neighborhoods of the village are Pano Gheitonia, Kato Gheitonia, Pefkaki, Tsachaliarika, Langada and more. At the chapel near the village where Ag. Constantinos is built there have been excavated medieval wine presses.
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Hiking in the area:
Hiking with the Naturalist Club of Heraklion at the Astrakiano and Kounaviano gorge (www.fysi.gr):
Kalloni village is located 20 kilometers south of Heraklion at 330 meters altitude. The villagers, who numbered 242 at the 2011 census, have as main occupation agricultural and the production of raisins.
The current name of the village was acquired in 1928 by the president of that time who served as a policeman in Kalloni village of Mytilene. The old name of the village was Skillous associated with Skillounta, the city of Xenophon in Trifilia at Peloponnese. The area even seems to be inhabited from the Minoan era as shown by the ruins of a Minoan settlement with shells and figurines of Archaic era.
The habitation continues and later during the Byzantine and Venetian period as indicated by the Byzantine churches and the ruins of a Venetian fortress. The earliest mention of the village was in 1271 with the name Kilee. Later referred with names Sichilla, Sichylu, Scilu, Castro Sichilu, Schilus and Iskilus.
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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