Armeni (Rethymno)
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Armeni Τοπική Κοινότητα Αρμένων (Αρμένοι) |
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| Country |
 Greece
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| region | Crete | ||
| Regional district | Rethymno | ||
| local community | Rethymno | ||
| Geographic coordinates | 35 ° 18 ' N , 24 ° 28' E | ||
| Height above d. M. |
380 m (average) |
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| surface | 19.998 km² | ||
| Residents | 706 (2011) | ||
| Population density | 35.30 inhabitants / km² | ||
Armeni ( Greek Αρμένοι ( m. Pl. )) Is a village in the municipality of Rethymno on the Greek island of Crete . In 2011 the place had 379 inhabitants. As a locality, Armeni includes the settlements Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος) with 87 inhabitants, Fotinos (Φωτεινός) with 79 inhabitants and Somatas (Σωματάς) with 161 inhabitants. In 2001 this resulted in a total of 706 inhabitants for the village, which corresponds to a population density of 35.30 inh / km². Armeni is known for the archaeological site of the late Minoan cemetery about 1.5 kilometers north of the village.
location
The place Armeni is located at an altitude of 380 meters above sea level, seven kilometers south of the city of Rethymno in its municipality and in the regional district of the same name . Neighboring towns (municipal districts) are Rethymno in the north, Kastellos and Koumi to the west and Roussospili and Kare in the east . In addition, the municipality of Armeni borders on the municipality of Finikas in the south and on the municipality of Nikiforos Fokas in the northwest .
history
The village of Armeni was founded in 961 by "Armenian" settlers. These were followers of the general Nikephoros Phokas , the later emperor Nikephoros II., Who had served in his army during the Byzantine reconquest of Crete in 960/961. At that time all inhabitants from the east of the Byzantine Empire were called 'Arméni', not just members of the Armenian people .
To the north of today's town, on a low hill in an oak forest near the main road to Rethymno, a necropolis from the late Minoan period testifies to a much earlier settlement of the area. From 1969 onwards, burial chambers carved into the rock were uncovered, dating from around 1390 to 1190 BC. Come from BC . These are mostly domed tombs with filled-in access corridors, which are called dromos in archeology . The corpses, which were buried in clay sarcophagi or painted wooden coffins, were wrapped in linen in a crooked position (embryonic or sleeping position). The graves were oriented mainly in an east-west direction.
Finds from the tombs, which were largely untouched before the excavations, are exhibited in the archaeological museums of Rethymno and Chania . The grave goods found, such as vessels, statuettes, weapons, jewelry, tools and other things, point to the burial of a Mycenaean culture. The excavations are now under the direction of the archaeologist Giannis Tzedakis.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ↑ G. Desipris, K. Santorineou: Rethymno , Verlag Michalis Toubis SA 1997
- ↑ Klaus Bötig , Otto Gärtner: Kreta , dtv-MERIAN-Redaktion Munich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1993, page 77
- ^ Lambert Schneider: Kreta , Dumont art travel guide, page 265
- ↑ Αρμένοι
Web links
- Armeni on the Rethymno website ( Memento from August 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Greek)
- Rethymno - The Late Minoan Cemetery in Armeni