Kallikratis Sfakia
Kallikratis.It is one of the three entrances of Sfakia is the side of Rethemnou, this position would do the village first goal for the conqueror. In order to enter in Sfakia first had to destroy this fort and then move on.
The village's name probably came from Admiral and last defender of Constantinople Manousos Kallikrates. Manousos Kallikratis led the effort to assist the Cretan warriors from Constantinople, the Sultan after the fall of the city saw some people still struggling for their heroism left to return to Crete with their weapons.
The village is at an altitude of 760 meters and is used mainly for summer residence of the village and the Patsianos Argoules, Skaloti, Kapsodasos.
In 1770 the Turks destroyed.
Also in November 1943, the Germans looted the village and executed 20 men and 9 women. Nikos Gantadakis managed to escape from the corral they were imprisoned and went into Karoti, my father Nicholas Vourvachi always talked with awe about him.
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