Beautiful House in Patsideros Village

Rental basis: Entire house or apartment Number of bedrooms: 2; Number of other rooms with beds: 0 Patsideros is therefore located at a distance of 29 kilometers from the city of Heraklion and at an altitude of 480 meters, amphitheatrically built on the eastern ridge of the hill, in a location with a unique view of the Libyan sea. Its inhabitants numbered 247 in 2011, they are mainly engaged in the production of olive oil and viticultural products, but also in animal husbandry The settlement has been continuously inhabited for centuries now, at least since the period of the late Venetian rule, from which its oldest mention survives, in a document from the 16th century. Although the origin of the name of the village is not known, oral traditions associate it with the settlement of the Lord "patsis", who came to the island together with other lords in the 10th century, during the recapture of Crete by Nikephoros Phokas. However, this has not been confirmed to date. Patsideros played an important role in the liberation struggles of the island, as it was a glorious captain's village, with its famous chieftains and hainides. South of the settlement rises the honored Korakia peak, which was a guerilla hideout during the German occupation. In the modern settlement of Patsideros there are today several churches, of which the Byzantine church of Panagia in the east of the village is of particular interest. In its courtyard, the ruins of a historic primary school, which operated in the late Ottoman period, are still preserved. On the eastern edge of the village of Patsideros, at a lower altitude than the settlement, is the one-room church, which was built in 1695, according to the date engraved on the outer door. It is a post-Byzantine church of the royal style, which was originally a monastery catholicon with three cells and until 1866 was dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. In its surroundings, there was a school, where students from the settlement, but also from the wider area, studied. But both the monastery