Geography
Historie
In the settlement of Kyriakoselia is the fortress of Agios Nikolaos which is one of the most important forts built by the Count of Malta Eriko Pescandori in Crete. Its entrance is located on the west side, where the staircase carved in the wall is preserved, while the surviving ruins of the wall reveal that the fortress had a fortification one and a half meters thick. The church of Agios Nikolaos, from where the castle took its name, is one of the most beautiful Byzantine churches on the island. Single-aisled with an elongated hall with a dome, shaped externally in a cruciform inscription, it is said to have been built between the 11th and 12th centuries. The visitor can admire traces from the frescoes, as well as engravings of 1362,1382,1388 and 1397 AD. Finally, it is worth visiting the historical plane tree in Armeni, where in May 1822 the leaders of Crete signed the famous Constitution of Epidaurus and the ruins of the Venetian fortress Apikornos in Kalyves, where the ancient Hippocorion gave its name. the whole province.
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Geography
- Historie
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Historie
In the settlement of Kyriakoselia is the fortress of Agios Nikolaos which is one of the most important forts built by the Count of Malta Eriko Pescandori in Crete. Its entrance is located on the west side, where the staircase carved in the wall is preserved, while the surviving ruins of the wall reveal that the fortress had a fortification one and a half meters thick. The church of Agios Nikolaos, from where the castle took its name, is one of the most beautiful Byzantine churches on the island. Single-aisled with an elongated hall with a dome, shaped externally in a cruciform inscription, it is said to have been built between the 11th and 12th centuries. The visitor can admire traces from the frescoes, as well as engravings of 1362,1382,1388 and 1397 AD. Finally, it is worth visiting the historical plane tree in Armeni, where in May 1822 the leaders of Crete signed the famous Constitution of Epidaurus and the ruins of the Venetian fortress Apikornos in Kalyves, where the ancient Hippocorion gave its name. the whole province.