Kamilari, Heraklion

Kamilari (Καμηλάριον) Heraklion

Kamilari (o) is a village and former community of the province of Pyrgiotissa in the west of Phaistos. It has 289 inhabitants and today is also a homonymous municipal district of the Municipality of Tympaki with a total of three settlements. The main occupation of the inhabitants is agriculture and less animal husbandry. The distance of the village from Heraklion is 67.4 km. The local carnival is organized in the village, a local festival on July 27 of Agios Panteleimon and on August 6, the Despot of Christ (there is the church of the Transfiguration of the Savior), while customs such as the revival are revived. burning of Judas at Easter.

M.D. Kamilariou

The Municipal Department of Kamilari has a total of 452 inhabitants (approx. 2001). The settlements form it:

Kamilari [289], headquarters,
Agios Ioannis [88], at an altitude of 45m. and at a distance of 64.5 km from Heraklion. It belonged to Kamilari when it was still a community and
Kalamaki [75], coastal, at an altitude of 15 m. Celebrates on July 20, Profitou Iliou, to which the church is dedicated.

Historical data

The settlement has been inhabited since the Minoan Ages. In Metochi, a small settlement near Kamilari, lived one of the Seven Wise Men of antiquity, Epimenides. In the north of the village, 2.5 km away, in the place of Grigoris Korfi, a built depository with figurines was found and also a protogeometric tomb was discovered in the place of Alisandraki.

The old village was built on Evgora hill, in order to ensure the defense of the population from the raids of the Turks and pirates.

Its name comes from the Byzantine surname Kamilaris = camel driver, ie the village of camilari. In 1583 in Kastrofylakas it is mentioned by the name Camilari with 77 inhabitants [1]

During the Turkish occupation, Agios Ioannis became known as the village of the bloodthirsty janissary Agriolidis. In Agios Ioannis is the church of Agios Pavlos, the dome of which dates from the 14th century and has frescoes.
External links

More information about the village [dead link]

References

Kastrofylakas, K 100, 1583.

Sources

Heraklion and its Prefecture, published by the Prefecture of Heraklion.

See also: Kamilari,

Municipal unit Tympaki
Municipal Community Tympaki
Αφραθιάς, ο
Kokkinos Pyrgos (Κόκκινος Πύργος, ο)
Tympaki (Τυμπάκιον, το)
Community Voroi
Voroi (Βώροι, οι)
Community Grigoria
Grigoria (Γρηγορία, η)
Community Kamares
Kamares (Καμάραι, αι)
Community Kamilari
Άγιος Ιωάννης, ο
Kalamaki (Καλαμάκιον, το)
Kamilari (Καμηλάριον, το)
Community Klima
Ελληνας, ο
Klima (Κλήμα, το)
Community Lagoli
Lagoli (Λαγολίον, το)
Community Magarikari
Kalochorafitis (Καλοχωραφίτης, ο)
Kissoi (Κισσοί, οι)
Magarikari (Μαγαρικάριον, το)
Community Pitsidia
Matala (Μάταλα, τα)
Νέο Καλαμάκι, το
Pitsidia (Πιτσίδια, τα)
Community Sivas
Sivas (Σίβας, ο)
Community Faneromeni
Καλύβια, τα
Μονή Καλυβιανής, η
Faneromeni (Φανερωμένη, η)

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