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Southeast of Heráklion
Down to the Libyan Sea
Kastélli, the new airport and around
Southeast of Heráklion, Pediáda is a pretty region of foothills under Mount Díkti. In 2020, work began on a new state of the art Heraklíon airport here outside Kastélli, the largest village.
Hidden away just north of Kastélli in Bitzarianó just north of signs point the way to lovely Ag. Pandeleímonos, under huge plane trees by a spring, built in AD 450 over a temple to Asklepeios.
The church is said to have had 101 doors, but after being ravaged by the Saracens it was rebuilt on a more modest scale c. 1100. The bell is made out of a German shell and, inside, the nave is supported by marble columns from ancient Lyttos, including one made of nothing but Corinthian capitals.
Images by C messier, Creative Commons License, Doris Antony, Berlin, Ethan Doyle White, Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), My old Cadogan guide, Orthodox Crete