Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Heraklion
Karavados (formerly: Karavado) is a village in the province of Pediada with 301 inhabitants and a homonymous municipal district in the Municipality of Minoa Pediada in the prefecture of Heraklion. The inhabitants are engaged in olive growing and viticulture. It is 49.1 km away from Heraklion. There is a branch on the right at 39.1 km (in the Mile of Gazepi) of the artery to Vianno. The main church is that of the Entrances of the Virgin Mary. It has a Primary School.
Historical data
The place name is Andronymiko and means the village of Karavados. So the writing of Karavado is considered more correct. It is not mentioned in the Venetian censuses, nor in Kastrofylakas in 1583. In the 1881 census the village is mentioned with 89 Christian inhabitants. The inhabitants arrived after 1630 according to the oral tradition of the village from the settlement "Voulgara", "Voulgaro" and "Voulgara" as recorded in the Venetian censuses.
References
"Information about the village from the Municipality of Arkalochori". Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2008.
Sources
Heraklion and its Prefecture, published by the Prefecture of Heraklion.
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