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Places near Zoodochos Pigi
Agios Charalambos is located about 52 km from the town of Agios Nikolaos, on the Lassithi Plateau. It is a small village with about 60 inhabitants, which took its name in 1960 from the church of the village.
In the area there is a section of an old Byzantine church dedicated to Saints Sergio and Bacchus.
The cave is used today as a church. Inside the cave two stalagmites, called gonata tis Agias Fotinis (knees of Agia Fotini) are used as candle holders. One small booth is used as a sanctuary.
Archaeologists found artifacts dating back to the Neolithic period, in Minoan Crete when they were probably used as worship grounds. Avdou probably took its name from the prophet Havdeu whose church existed in nearby Kontaria.Avdou village lies in the Cretan inland, right at the foot of the Lassithi plateau mountain range. Avdou village lies in the middle of the "Lagada" valley, 33 km from the city of Heraklion, with about 600 inhabitants. The earliest recorded reference to "Avdou" is in 1381, in a Venetian state document stating the area as a benefice belonging to Michel Quirino. Excavations in the area unearthed a building with mosaics, probably part of an extensive complex of an early-Christian basilica. The village is dotted with frescoed Byzantine churches.
The mills are located in Lassithi Plateau, close to Tzermiado village by an altitude of 1000 m, and were built at the end of the 19th century and were used until World War II.During time the mills fell into decay. But two of them have however been restored, so you can see how the mills were organized.
Before you reach the pass, you pass by the new homo sapiens museum, showing examples of human habitations from the earliest times.Inside the actual pass you may simultaneously enjoy the magnificent view down over the village of Gonies and the north coast in the distance - and the equally fantastic view over the Lassithi plateau with the Dikti mountains in the background.
The construction of the monastery is said to have begun in 1841on the ruins of an old ruined church and it is dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi (the “Spring of Life”). It is a stone-built church with very elaborate masonry, stone carved apertures and a wood-carved altar-screen of impressive artistic merit.
The church and other main buildings of the Monastery were set to fire by the Ottomans in May 1867, during the revolt of Cretan people against the Ottoman domination. However, due to the high moral and the eagerness of the abbot and the monks it has been soon reconstructed. During the German occupation, the abbot of the monastery Dorotheos was executed because of his rebel action. In 1991 another monastery restoration and construction of new buildings began. Considerable works of restoration and renovation of the monastery are being done in the last few years, whereas in the area of the Monastery it is planned to establish the Museum of Natural History. Access from Agios Nikolaos or Heraklion is easy by rented or private car and motorbikes.
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