Charakas
Sign in to saveCharakas () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Asterousia on Crete, Greece with about 800 inhabitants. It is about 45 km south from Heraklion, which is the largest city of Crete. The village lies on the foothills of the Asterousia Mountains, 15 km from the south coast of Crete, behind the mountain Libyan Sea.
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Αστερουσίων
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 0
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Charakas () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Asterousia on Crete, Greece with about 800 inhabitants. It is about 45 km south from Heraklion, which is the largest city of Crete. The village lies on the foothills of the Asterousia Mountains, 15 km from the south coast of Crete, behind the mountain Libyan Sea.
Charakas has a great rock (charaki), 35m high, with a temple and a castle. Also in the front of Haraki is the Heroon, a monument of warriors and a church of Saint Panteleimon with a great campanile. thumb|200px|Haraki of Harakas
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charakas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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