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The Best Attractions In Anogia

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Anogeia is a municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The municipality has an area of 102.632 km2 . Population 2,379 . When exactly Anogeia was founded and by whom, is not accurately known. Many believe that the original settlement was founded by villagers from the village Axos, which is west of Anogia, where the Minoan city Oaxos was. According to a legend, a shepherd from Axos found one day on one of the slopes of Psiloreitis an icon depicting Saint John the Baptist. Pious as he was, he picked it up carefully, wrapped it in a towel, took it to his home and placed it there alongside the other icons. On the following day he was astoni...
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