The Saint John church
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Sights - Rethymnon Prefecture |
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Anogia - The village |
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The village |
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| Arriving at the outskirts of Anogia from the west, you see the little Agios Nektarios monastery on the mountainside to the right. Then you enter the lower part of the village (Perachori) with the square and the big church dedicated to The Passing Away of the Virgin Mary (Koimísis tis Theotókou). |
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Next to the church is a small museum for the well-known musician Nikos Xylouris who was born in Anogia in 1936. | ||
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To the right of the square is another interesting museum - the Grilios museum. The now diseased Anogian, Grilios, was very creative and spent the long days and evenings in winter painting pictures and making figures of wood and stone. The museum with the local folk-art is now taken care of by Grilios' son, Giorgos Skoulas. |
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| From Perachori you can reach the upper part of the village (Armí) in several ways. You can either drive by the road winding around the village or walk up the numerous steps. The prettiest route is the walk between the small houses with picturesque doors and winding staircases. There are flowers in pots everywhere, decorating the houses and the narrow streets. |
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| In the square of Armí is the town hall, also housing the police station, the veterinary hospital and the cinema of the village. An old church, dedicated to John the Baptist, with frescoes from the 12th or 13th century is situated here too. |
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The Saint John church
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A little higher a small street to the right leads to the new (2016) Information Centre about the finds from the cave of Zeus – Ideon Andro – and the excavations by Giannis Sakellarakis and Efi Sapouna at Zominthos. |
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The Centre has several informative videos and pictures from the excavations and copies of the finds. | ||
| At the first screen you choose language and several themes. |
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A little further up the main street is the picturesque Agios Giorgios church in the small shady square Meïntani, where the Anogians meet for a cup of coffee or a raki - or just to enjoy the atmosphere. |
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