Visit to Mouri village, Sfakia, Crete April 2006

by George Dalidakis

Mouri is the highest village of Sfakia, at 1,150 meters altitude

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View of Mouri village ruins with the Libyan Sea in the horizon on the left (142kb) The church of Panagias (135kb) Date of 1859 above the door of the church of Panagias (157kb)
The rear of the church of Agios Georgios (159kb) The church of Agios Georgios at the end of the Mouri road (176kb) Home ruins near the church (144kb)
The end of the road. Serious 4WD territory (103kb) An other view of the Libyan Sea. To the right and below are the Kavis and Illigas gorges and where the church of Timios Stavros is (99kb) An other ruin, but in the background there is one of the three new houses that have been built by the local shepherds who use the area in the summer (160kb)
The 14th century church of Timios Stavros at the bottom of the gorge. The church has sunk in the river bed, and the effort to protect it with concrete slabs above and around it have almost destroyed the outside appearance of it. Our guide and trusted driver Stavros contemplates the surroundings (119kb) Coming off the mountain. A challenging road under most conditions (124kb) View of Chora Sfakion coming down from Anopoli (95kb)

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