 The village of Hóra Sfakíon Sfakiá (Greek Σφακιά) is a beautiful, traditional, mountainous area to the South West of the island of Crete, in the Chania prefecture. It is considered one of the few places in Greece to never have been fully occupied by foreign powers. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2264 KB) Summary Erno Verhoeven Hora Sfakion village, Crete, December 2002 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2264 KB) Summary Erno Verhoeven Hora Sfakion village, Crete, December 2002 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Crete (Greek ΚÏήτη Kriti; called Candia in the Venetian period and Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ...
Chania prefecture is one of the four prefectures of Crete, Greece. ...
Description
 The municipality of Sfakia The road from Chania to Sfakiá crosses the island from North to South, through the village of Vrisses. From this village the route crosses the White Mountains (Lefká Óri) to Hóra Sfakíon (35°12′N 24°08′E) by the Libyan Sea. Half way from Vrisses to Hóra Sfakíon is the fertile plateau of Askifou, surrounded by high mountain peaks. From here to Hóra Sfakíon the road is particularly spectacular. The road hugs the western slope of the Imbros Gorge with breathtaking views. Image File history File links Map of Sfakia municipality, Crete Created by Mtiedemann in July 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Sfakia ...
Image File history File links Map of Sfakia municipality, Crete Created by Mtiedemann in July 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Sfakia ...
Chania (IPA , Greek: Χανιά, also transliterated as Hania or Khania, older form and Italian: Canea, Godart and Olivier abbreviation: KH) is the second city of Crete and the capital of the Chania Prefecture. ...
There are many beaches in Sfakiá which do not see the numbers of tourists of the north coast. More adventurous visitors can follow the European hiking footpath E4 which crosses Crete through Sfakiá's mountains. The coastal villages are not connected by a coastal road, and can be reached by ferry boats.
The local speciality, "Sfakian Pies", are thin pancakes filled with cream cheese and served drizzled with honey.
Resistance
 Traditional dance at Sfakian liberation festival Hóra Sfakíon is famous as one of the centers of the resistance against the occupying forces of both the Venetians and the Turks. The impenetrable White Mountains to the north combined with the rocky beaches on the south helped the locals fight off all invaders. Anopolis, a village near Hóra Sfakíon, is the birthplace of one of the most celebrated Cretan revolutionaries, Daskalogiannis. Image File history File links Traditional dance at Thimianis Panagia church, Komitades, Sfakia Description: Traditional dance at annual liberation festival Source: self-made Photographer: Erno Verhoeven, May 1993 File links The following pages link to this file: Sfakia ...
Image File history File links Traditional dance at Thimianis Panagia church, Komitades, Sfakia Description: Traditional dance at annual liberation festival Source: self-made Photographer: Erno Verhoeven, May 1993 File links The following pages link to this file: Sfakia ...
Venetian could mean of Venice of the venetia territory of the Republic of Venice of the venet nation the Venetian language The Venetian, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada A venetian blind - a horizontally slatted window blind. ...
Ioannis Daskalogiannis (Ioannis Vlachos, Δασκαλογιάννης) (?-June 17, 1771) was a Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule in the 18th century. ...
Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote about the tall proud Sfakians and their resistance to occupation. Many tales of revolts and uprisings in Crete start in the mountains of western Crete - mountain guerillas, pallikari fighters and rebel assemblies. Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, known as Paddy, (born 11 February 1915, London) is a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Battle of Crete during World War II. He is famous in the genre of travel literature. ...
After the Battle of Crete during World War II, the locals helped many New Zealand and Australian soldiers escape from here on the night of May 31, 1941, suffering great reprisals. King George II of Greece had already escaped this way when the Germans invaded. Near the village of Komitades is the Church of Panagia Thymiani where the revolution of 1821 began. At the village of Loutro is the ruined "chancellery" where the first revolutionary government of 1821 met. Combatants Greece New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Germany Italy Commanders Bernard Freyberg Kurt Student Strength 43,000 45,000 Casualties 3,500 dead 1,900 wounded 17,500 captured 6,200–22,000 dead, wounded, or captured The Battle of Crete (German Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta; Greek Μάχη της ΚÏήτης) began on the morning...
Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...
May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ...
For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...
George II (20 July 1890 - 1 April 1947), King of the Hellenes (Greece) ruled from 1922-1924 and 1935-1947. ...
1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Sfakiá is notorious for the harshness of the environment and the warlike people. Sfakians themselves are still considered somewhat beyond the reach of the lawmakers and tax collectors of Athens, with vendettas over stolen sheep and women's honour still fought late into the 20th century, with a whole village abandoned. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, AthÃna (IPA: )) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ...
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(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
Stealing and banditry had been considered a way of life in the mountains, even appearing in a Creation story, which made God Himself a Sfakiot, as recounted by Adam Hopkins: Creation is a doctrinal position in many religions which maintains that one or a group of gods or deities is responsible for creating the universe. ...
- ...with an account of all the gifts God had given to other parts of Crete - olives to Ierapetra, Ayios Vasilios and Selinou; wine to Malevisi and Kissamou; cherries to Mylapotamos and Amari. But when God got to Sfakia only rocks were left. So the Sfakiots appeared before Him armed to the teeth. "And us Lord, how are we going to live on these rocks?" and the Almighty, looking at them with sympathy, replied in their own dialect (naturally): "Haven't you got a scrap of brains in your head? Don't you see that the lowlanders are cultivating all these riches for you?"
The Sfakians are also famous for their hospitality and generosity towards guests, resulting in a shift from traditional labour towards tourism, with now many families running their own small hotel or restaurant.
Hóra Sfakíon The capital of Sfakiá is Hóra Sfakíon, a small town of just 500 inhabitants. It is found on the Southern coast near the end of the Imbros Gorge, 74km south of Chania. In its two small harbours, the ferry boats from Agia Roumeli dock, which in the summer bring the hikers from the Samaria Gorge to take buses back to the North coast. It is a small village with a main harbourfront of tavernas, and has two minimarkets, a butcher and a bakery. You can hire a car, or arrange a local taxi. The village has a quiet local beach inside the village, and several pebbly beaches nearby. There are several accommodations available to guests looking for a room, studio or an apartment. Currently the local economy is prospering on tourism, fishing, olive oil production and sheep and goat herdering. Image File history File links Sfakia, Crete - Sunset Description: Sunset in Sfakia, southwest coast of Crete, Greece Source: self-made Photographer: Erno Verhoeven 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Sfakia ...
Image File history File links Sfakia, Crete - Sunset Description: Sunset in Sfakia, southwest coast of Crete, Greece Source: self-made Photographer: Erno Verhoeven 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Sfakia ...
Chania (IPA , Greek: Χανιά, also transliterated as Hania or Khania, older form and Italian: Canea, Godart and Olivier abbreviation: KH) is the second city of Crete and the capital of the Chania Prefecture. ...
Agia Roumeli is a small town in Southwest Crete and is popular with tourists. ...
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Hóra Sfakíon prospered during the Venetian and Turkish occupations and up to the 18th century carried on a flourishing trade with its own small fleet. It was said to have had a hundred churches but the town suffered badly from wartime bombardment during and after the Allied evacuation. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
Not far east from Hóra Sfakíon is Frangokastello, literally "Frankish castle". The Venetian fortress here was built in 1371 to deter pirates and unsuccessfully, to control Sfakiá. It is largely ruined but is picturesquely set on a wide sandy beach with the towering White Mountains behind. Daskalogiannis was captured here in 1771. Statue of Charlemagne (also called Karl der Große, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt, Germany. ...
Venetian could mean of Venice of the venetia territory of the Republic of Venice of the venet nation the Venetian language The Venetian, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada A venetian blind - a horizontally slatted window blind. ...
Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Charterhouse Carthusian Monastery founded in Aldersgate, London. ...
Ioannis Daskalogiannis (Ioannis Vlachos, Δασκαλογιάννης) (?-June 17, 1771) was a Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule in the 18th century. ...
1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Accessible only by boat from Sfakiá is Loutro, a small seaside village with some archaeological ruins, a few houses, small hotels and tavernas. Loutro is car-free, you have to park your car in Hóra Sfakíon or Paleohóra. In the North of Sfakiá is the fertile plain of Askyfou. The Sfakía region is crossed by many gorges which run from North to South and all end into the sea. Many of them can be walked, and several even by inexperienced walkers. The region still is inhabited by rare animals, like vultures and eagles, and the Agrimi, the wild Cretan goat. Sfakiá borders to the Libyan Sea, which is inhabited by a diminishing fish population, but ocassionally shows dolphins, and even whales.
 Spontaneous dancing on Sfakian boulevard Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 2263 KB) Summary Erno Verhoeven October 2005 Spontaneous dancing at boulevard of the village of Sfakia, southwest coast of Crete http://www. ...
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