Πολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Κουνάβων

Cultural Association Kounavoi 

Πολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Κουνάβων

Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κουνάβων

Η Άνοδος !!! 

Η Νεοσύστατη Ομάδα

Η Ομάδα της ψυχής των Κουνάβων

Kounávoi traditional village

The Kounávoi traditional village is situated on the northeast of Archanes. In this area one can find an important Christian temple dedicated to Christ, Saint Nicolas and Saint Demetrios. It consists of a large dome that is surrounded by 4 smaller ones. Moreover, the temple of Saint Constantine, close to "Ai Nikolas", is an important monument of the area and dates back to the end of the Venetian period. Other important monuments are the Venetian winepresses in "Ai Nikolas", "Korakia" and "Skepasta patitiria", as well as the Turko-venetian bridge "Soulachi's camara".

Πηγή

THE VILLAGE OF KOUNAVOI ON CRETE

The village of Kounavoi with its 900 inhabitants is situated 15km south of Iraklion just above Archanes on the Iraklion - Knossos - Kounavoi road. The village contains Byzantine churches amongst which the most famous church of Metamorphosis of Sotiras, Agios Nikolaos and Agios Dimitrios (also ‘simply’ called the church of Christos Sotis) which has three aisles and five blue-coloured domes in the shape of a cross, the central one higher than the others.

The story tells that this beautiful blue domed church was build by five unmarried sisters and that each of them build one of the domes. A sign will show you off the main road pointing into a street, but after that it's endless searching because this is the only sign they have placed. The fact that I found this church after a ten minutes walk was pure luck. You might want to ask the locals for directions if you want to take a look at it yourself. You have to walk through streets with houses that are falling apart because it is a little bit outside the village center. Besides three Byzantine churches the village also has a lot of other nice churches.