Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Heraklion
Panorama is a village in the province of Monofatsi, at the foot of the hill Gourniani Korfi. In 2001 it had 183 inhabitants and was subject to the Kapodistrias Law in the Municipality of Arkalochori in the prefecture of Heraklion. Today it belongs to the Municipality of Minoa Pediados. The location of the settlement is to the east of the Epanosifi Monastery. Its distance from Heraklion is 29.5 km.
In the village are the churches of Agios Georgios and Agios Fanourios.
M.D. Panorama
The Municipal Department. Panorama has a total population of 496 and is made up of settlements:
Panorama [183]
the Amorgels [233]
Stironas [80], older writing: Styronas, located north of Panorama, at an altitude of 550 m. Its distance from Heraklion 28.5 km .. and has a temple dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with traces of frescoes.
Historical data
Because the village has a panoramic view, they named it Panorama. Its older name was Gournia and so it refers to Venetian sources (Gurgna, 1630). [1] In 1671, the Turkish census states that it had 19 huts and was a large settlement. The name Gournia means small troughs, located at the source of the village. In Kastrofylakas (K 97) Stironas refers to Stirona with 115 inhabitants.
At the end of the Ottoman Empire, both Gurnia and Stiron were inhabited only by Muslims. After the Asia Minor Catastrophe, refugees from Konya settled in the villages. They have fully adapted to the customs of the place, having forgotten the customs and traditions of Iconium. They produce raisins, grapes, olive oil and cereals.
Stiron is mentioned by Xanthoudidis [2] and he himself writes that he visited the settlement in 1915. He also mentions that he saw a Byzantine church (the current Assumption of the Virgin Mary) at the entrance of the village, which the Turks called Panagia. Xanthoudidis assumes that it was Agios Georgios Styronas, from which the settlement took its name.
Sources
Heraklion and its Prefecture, published by the Prefecture of Heraklion.
External links
Panorama on the website of the Municipality of Arkalochori.
References
Stergiou Spanaki, Monuments V, p. 122
Cret. Chronicles BD, 530
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