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]