Anogeia Municipality

Anogeia (Ανώγεια) is a municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The municipality has an area of . Population 2,240 (2021).

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Anogeia
Greek Dimos.name_local: Ανώγεια
Greek Dimos.type: municipality
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Crete Anogeia tango7174.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: Landscape around Anogeia
Greek Dimos.image_map: 2011 Dimos Anogion.png
Greek Dimos.periph: Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Rethymno
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality: 2240
Greek Dimos.area_municipality: 102.6
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.elevation: 738

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Anogeia (Ανώγεια) is a municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The municipality has an area of . Population 2,240 (2021).

When exactly Anogeia was founded and by whom, is not accurately known. 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 astonished to find out that the icon had disappeared. Terrified, he returned to the place he had found it the previous day, where he was exhilarated to discover the icon in exactly the same place. This inexplicable phenomenon was considered to be an order from the heavens, to build there a temple dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.