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Population: Unkown
Latitude: 24.616913
Longitude: 35.332944
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Amnatos is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno (regional unit) of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. Previously, it was part of the municipal district of Municipality of Arkadi. Amnatos is a traditional settlement and is classified in Class II, that is of average cultural value (Government Gazette 728/21-9-1995) . Buildings with Venetian architectural elements are scattered throughout the village. In the year 2005 Amnatos received an award of the cleaner and organized traditional community
It is located on the northeastern edges of the Gargano mountain, 17 km southeast of Rethymno, on the way to Arkadi, at an altitude of 320 m . It has remarkable view of the North Sea and the cretan mountain Psiloreitis.
The location of the village appears to have been inhabited since ancient times and it is believed that the name Amnatos has Minoan origin. Ancient Greeks used to call Amnion all those vessels used at their time to collect the blood of sacrificied animals.
The area was occupied by the Venetians and the Ottomans
Nowadays, the local community of Amnatos consists of fours settlements: Amnatos, Kapsaliana (Καψαλιανά), Pikris (Πίκρης) and the Arkadi Monastery.
The doorframe in the village of Amnatos:Among the many Venetian buildings in the village of Amnatos, there is also a house with a particularly impressive doorframe. The crown of the gable has the inscription: INITIUM SAPIENTE TIMOR DOMINI (=Beginning of Wisdom Fear of the Lord)
There is also a folk museum and a Municipal Museum of the History of Greek Education.
Amnatos, the home village of Harikleia Daskalaki, a heroine of the Arkadi holocaust. A statue of this lady is found in the square of the village.
There is bus service (KTEL) from/to Rethymnon serving this area (route for Arkadi Monastery, which has three services on weekdays and two on weekends)
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