Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Heraklion
Kamariotis is a village and homonymous municipal district of the Municipality of Tylissos in the prefecture of Heraklion in the province of Malevizi at an altitude of 620 m. To the west of the settlement is a small area overgrown with oaks, holly and locusts. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 78. Its distance from Heraklion is 29 km. The main occupation in the settlement is viticulture. Kamariotis celebrates in April and August. In September, the celebration of tsikoudia takes place and events are held by the cultural association of the settlement.
Sights
At the western exit of Kamariotis we find a dirt road, which leads to Tripiti. There visitors can admire the huge rocks that compose labyrinths and other strange shapes.
Remarkable is the old church of Panagia and the three-aisled church of Agios Georgios, built in the 16th century. In the lintel of the western gate in the church of Agios Georgios there is the lion of Agios Markos and in the arch of the central aisle the double-headed eagle, the coat of arms of the Byzantine family of the Kallergians. A remnant of the Turkish occupation is the Turkish fountain that survives today in the village square
Historical data
During the Venetian occupation, Kamariotis belonged to the province of Mylopotamos, in the current prefecture of Rethymno, while he continued to belong to the Province of Mylopotamos until 1950 [1], where by a legislative act he was attributed to the prefecture of Heraklion. are called Aidonochori [2]. On January 16, 1867, a battle took place in the village with the Turks, in which the Greek officers under the command of the infantry lieutenant Palamas Vassilios, brother of the poet Kostis Palamas and lieutenant Vassilios Ioannis, were killed by the Turks. [3] Many of the residents emigrated abroad after the 1960s, but many are returning today and renovating their old stone houses. The most famous legend is the one with the bell of the church of Agios Georgios. The signal was said to have a golden bullet and could be heard as far as Chania. When the Turks entered Crete, the inhabitants hid the bell and since then it has disappeared. Renovation of the church began in 2004 and the fact that the latter was built on a rock, where the villagers probably hid the bell, revived hopes of finding it.
Pictures
The Turkish fountain
The church of St. George
Bibliography
Heraklion and its Prefecture, Heraklion Prefecture Publication.
External links
Data for the village from the Municipality of Tylissos.
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