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Category: Episkopi
The village of Episkopi is located 18 kilometers southeast of Heraklion from an exit at the 8th kilometer of the National Road Iraklion – Agios Nikolaos. The village offers something different than the hectic pace that usually offer the tourist resorts.
Inside the village there are the Byzantine churches of Archangel Michael, St. Paraskevi and St Ioannis with frescoes. Particularly in St Ioannis are very well positioned murals among which stands out the one of Christ ascending to heaven. On November there is a public holiday for the celebration of St.Minas, the patron saint of Episkopi, a very popular event for the visitors.
Visit the Battle of Crete and Ethnology Museum where the view of the exhibits bring to life memories of heroism and selflessness. There you will find Captain Michael Argyrakis, founder and owner of the museum.
You can walk through the Municipal Park “G. Panayiotakis” a modern leisure proposal, a real green oasis.
The area of Episkopi has been inhabited since the Minoan period. Antiquities from the Middle Minoan period to the Ottoman era were spotted. In Episkopi there are also Venetian monuments like the “Tower” and vaulted tank from the Byzantine period. During the revolution of 1897, in the battle that took place in Episkopi the Leader Antonis Trifopoulos (or Trifitsos) was killed on 25th June and the whole island of Crete lamented his glorious death.
