by admin | Feb 25, 2015 |
municipal-region-of-kastellimunicipal-region-of-kastelli Agia Paraskevi Amariano Apostoli Archangellos Armacha Aski Bitzariano Diavaide Evaggelismos (The Annunciation) Galeniano Geraki Kardouliano Karouzano Kastamonitsa Kastelli Lagos Liliano Lyttos or Xidas Mathia Polythea Sklaverochori Smari Tihos Tzigkounas Near Villages Agia Paraskevi Amariano Apostoli Archangellos Armacha Aski Bitzariano Diavaide Evaggelismos (The Annunciation) Galeniano Geraki Kardouliano Karouzano Kastamonitsa Kastelli Lagos Liliano Mathia Polythea Sklaverochori Smari Tihos Tzigkounas Lyttos or Xidas Located three kilometers from Kastelli and 39 from the city of Heraklion, there lies the fairly large settlement of Lyttos or Xidas on the east side of the Plain. Since the 19th century the settlement has been related to the ancient city of Lyttos, due to the extensive residential facilities that have been discovered in the northeast side of the village, which date back from the Hellenistic and Roman times. There are two churches you can visit on the ruins of the ancient settlement: the big single-aisledchurch of the Holy Cross of the 17th century at the lowest level of the site and the basilica of St. George of the 14th century at the highest point of the citadel. Factories, wine presses and windmills used to exist in the town, serving the needs of a society based on vineyard cultivation and olive production. Today mostly ruins of some of these facilities survive. Tourist Guide Sightseeings Ancient Lyttos or Lyktos Church of Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nicholas) in Lyttos (Xidas) Church of Saint George in Lyttos (Xidas) Church of the Holy Cross in ancient Lyttos Saint George in ancient...
