Kalyvia, Heraklion Explained

Kalyvia
Name Local:Καλύβια
Type:community
Coordinates:35.058°N 25.228°W
Periph:Crete
Periphunit:Heraklion
Municipality:Archanes-Asterousia
Municunit:Asterousia
Population As Of:2021
Population:250

Kalyvia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Καλύβια, "huts") is a village in the Heraklion regional unit on southern Crete in Greece.[1] [2] The local area was important in the Minoan era, as manifested by the extensive ruins of nearby Phaistos, a major palatial settlement of the Bronze Age.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. [Robert Pashley]
  2. Crete Map, Eastern Crete Development Organization (2004) Fotis Serfas
  3. http://themodernantiquarian.com/site/10857/phaistos.html#fieldnotes C. Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, Modern Antiquarian (2007)