Nikos Kazantzakis (Archanes-Asterousia)
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Nikos Kazantzakis parish Δημοτική Ενότητα Νίκου Καζαντζάκη (Νίκος Καζαντζάκης) |
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| State : |
 Greece
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| Region : |
Crete
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| Regional District : | Heraklion | ||
| Municipality : | Archanes-Asterousia | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 35 ° 14 ' N , 25 ° 10' E | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 310 m (Peza) |
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| Area : | 102,201 km² | ||
| Residents : | 6,433 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 62.9 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Code No .: | 710201 | ||
| Structure: | 14 villages | ||
| Located in Archanes-Asterousia Municipality and Heraklion Regional Unit | |||
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Nikos Kazantzakis ( Greek Δημοτική Ενότητα Νίκου Καζαντζάκη ) is a municipality in Greece , south of the Cretan capital Heraklion . It forms the center of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia, which was created in 2010 and, together with the town of Peza, is also its municipality seat. Nikos Kazantzakis was formed in 1994 from around 15 villages as an independent municipality and named after the Cretan poet Nikos Kazantzakis , whose father came from the village of Myrtia in his area.
Location and geography
The municipality is located roughly in the middle of the Heraklion regional district , in the central mountainous region of Crete, which here is only up to 718 m above sea level. d. M. increases. The northern villages of the municipality are located on the northern slopes of the mountains, above the coastal plain of Heraklion, into which the Karteos River and one of its tributaries drain and have formed two valleys, on the sides of which are the largest of the villages. The rest of the area extends far south into the mountains and already borders the municipality of Asterousia , which is part of the Messara plain . The relatively easy north-south route through the Cretan mountains, where most of the villages are located, already connected Knossos on the north coast with the palace centers at the exit of the Messara plain in the south in Phaistos and Agia Triada in Minoan times .
history
Traces of settlement in the area of the municipality of Nikos Kazantzakis are already documented from the Neolithic period. A number of significant excavations have also been carried out, which show that the area was quite prosperous in early ancient times. There are remains of a Minoan country house north of the village of Alagni.
Localities and settlements
- Agies Paraskies
- Agies Paraskies (Άγιες Παρασκιές)
- Kellia (Κελλιά)
- Agios Vasilios (Άγιος Βασίλειος)
- Alagni (Αλάγνι)
- Astraki (Αστρακοί)
- Astritsi (Αστρίτσι)
- Choudetsi (Χουδέτσι)
- Damania
- Damania (Δαμάνια)
- Arkadi (Αρκάδιον)
- Melodochori (Μελιδοχώρι)
- Filisia (Φιλίσια)
- Kalloni (Καλλονή)
- Katalagari (Καταλαγάριον)
- Kounavi (Κουνάβοι)
- Meleses
- Meleses (Μελέσες)
- Metaxochori
- Metaxochori (Μεταξοχώρι)
- Armanogia (Αρμανώγεια)
- Monastery of Agios Georgios Epanosifis (Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου Επανωσήφη)
- Partheni (Παρθένιον)
- Myrtia (Μυρτιά)
- Peza (Πεζά)
Choudetsi
In the village of Choudetsi, south of Archanes , Ross Daly and other musicians have set up the instrument museum and event center Labyrinth Musical Workshop . Seminars and concerts with musicians from all over the world who are looking for new ways in traditional music forms take place here. The exhibition mainly shows string instruments and percussion and wind instruments. In addition to the approx. 200 instruments from many different countries, new ones are constantly being added, which Ross Daly, the artistic director, brings back from concert tours. All instruments are played at concerts and workshops. In addition, Labyrinth also offers workshops on instrument making.
Katalagari
The village of Katalagari, with about 200 inhabitants, is located on a hill on the border with Archanes. The earliest written mention of the place was found in a document by the notary Pietro Scardon of Chandax (Heraklion) dated 1271. The name Katalagari goes back to the ancient Greek root logarion (λογάριον), a diminutive of logos meaning money or treasure . In the Middle Ages, the term logarin was used for hidden and secured wealth. The village has lived from viticulture and olive growing for centuries. A workshop for Cretan cuisine was set up in an old raki distillery, which aims to familiarize schoolchildren in particular with traditional dishes and ingredients.
Metaxochori - Monastery of Agios Georgios Epanosifis
The monastery dates back to the 17th century and was consecrated to St. George, who was regarded as the patron saint against the then raging plague. It is one of the largest in Crete and is still inhabited by almost forty monks. In addition to two churches, one of which has a valuable iconostasis , there is also an exhibition room with church treasures and calligraphy.
During the German attack on Crete and during the four years of occupation the monastery supported the Cretan resistance. It is said that the monk Sofronios, who later became abbot of the monastery, swore an oath on June 2nd from the fighters mobilized by Manolis Bandouvas in a cave near Agios Sillas. Wounded Antartes (Greek for partisans) found shelter and care in the monastery during the German occupation, and there were conferences of the Kapetanii (leaders) of the various resistance groups.
Myrtia
The village where Nikos Kazantzakis' father comes from was formerly called Varvari (barbarians). The name goes back to a settlement of non-Greeks by Nikephoros Phokas , who is said to have settled here in 961 either his mercenaries from the fight against the Arab occupation, or Arabs themselves who had survived the fighting. In 1955, the place was renamed Myrtia as part of the Hellenization of place names.
In 1983 the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum was opened in Myrtia on the village square. In 2010 it was expanded and redesigned. Photos, letters and manuscripts will be shown, set models for his works, pictures from the filming of 'The Man Who Must Die' by Jules Dassin , based on the novel 'Greek Passion' and all editions of Kazantzakis' works in many languages. There is also a conference room named after the museum's founder, Giorgos Anemogiannis, and a digital archive.
Peza
Peza is the center of viticulture in Dimos Nikos Kazantzakis (see: Economy).
economy
In the agricultural community - since Minoan times - above all wine and olives have been grown. 97% of the farms, around 3,000, are part of the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives , or Peza Union , founded in 1933 . Around a third of the wine grown is marketed as quality wine, as table wine and as raisins and table grapes. The Peza Union plants can process 20,000 tons of wine, and they also have filling and packaging systems. An average of 5000 tons of oil are extracted from the olives of around 1,100,000 trees each year. In addition to a laboratory, filling and packaging facilities, the cooperative also has a facility for the production of traditional olive oil soap. The cooperative also offers its members loans and insurance and shopping for agricultural equipment. In an exhibition room, visitors are shown historical equipment used in wine and olive growing, a film about the participating villages and a wine tasting are offered. In Peza the 'Minos' winery also has production halls and an exhibition room, and at Skalani the ' Boutari ' winery .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ↑ Website of Labyrinth Musical Workshop ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ from Katerina Hamilaki: Cretan Diet through Poetry Katalagari undated, p. 2
- ↑ Website of the Agios Georgios Epanosifis Monastery ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek)
- ↑ memoirs of Manolis Bandouvas transcribed from Antonis Sanoudakis
- ↑ Website of the Peza Union (Greek)
Web links
- Information about the community on the website of the Kazantzakis Museum in Myrtia (Ger.)