Kamares, Crete
Kamares (Greek Καμάρες (f. pl. ) ) Is a town in the south of the Greek island of Crete on the southern slope of the Psiloreitis Mountains and belongs to the municipality of Tymbaki in the municipality of Phaistos. Above Kamares in 1525 meters height is the Kamares Cave (Greek Σπήλαιο Καμαρών ). Here Minoan pottery was found during excavations, which is called after the site as Kamares ware.
History
At the Venetian period the place was called Camares. For the year 1583 a population of 93 is handed down. During World War II the village was destroyed by the Wehrmacht, as were hiding here Greek resistance fighters.
From 1925 up to the local government reform in 1997 made the place a self-contained rural community ( Κοινότητα Καμαρών Kinotita Kamaron ).
Tourism
In Kamares there are several small hotels in the to register with especially nature lovers. From here you can climb the 2456 meter high Timios Stavros, popular is a two-day hike, when we first visited the Kamares cave and stayed on the pasture Kolita. In the area of Kamares there are four canyons:
- The Grand Canyon (Greek Μεγάλo Φαράγγι )
- The Foulo Gorge
- The Spiliara Gorge
- The Sfaka Gorge
The churches in the town are dedicated to the Mother of God and Saint George. On July 23, the feast of Saint George is celebrated in the village.
Minoan finds
1890 gave a farmer from the Kamares Ephor of Crete Josef Hatzidakis a high quality ceramic pottery shards, which had not been previously documented in Crete, which he had collected in the Kamares Cave. For this reason, Antonio Taramelli visited 1894 Kamares year. In addition to the cave above the village of Kamares, the farmers showed him the southwest of the village a Minoan tholos cemetery with seven of which Taramelli four examined. They had a diameter of between 2 meters and 2.60 meters and a height of between 1.60 meters and 2 meters. Among the inputs that were oriented to the east, led two 1 meter to 1.40 meter long dromos. The dead had been placed with the head to the west and the feet to the east in the grave. After the found pottery shards Taramelli suspected that the cemetery was used until the Mycenaean period. West of Kamares he discovered in the Valley Kavmenis Mitato (Greek Καυμένης μιτάτο ) potsherds and concluded that there was an ancient settlement.