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at an altitude of 360 meters The name means “Color and
Monastery”, and probably this name comes by the coexistence of the village and the monastery of Panayía Kerá (back to the Second Byzantine and Venetian period). Built around the 12th-13th centuries and has been characterized as a traditional
305:(Government Gazette 728/21-9-1995). Buildings with Venetian architectural elements are scattered throughout the village. In the years 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Chromonastiri received an award of the '"cleaner and organized traditional community"'
656:: The old factory (oil mill) of Prinari, fully renovated, with all its old equipment, located in the settlement, welcomes visitors to its cultural learning centre for an experience to learn all things relating to the olive and its milling process.
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village, as several buildings were built during the
Venetian period. The local community of Chromonastiri consists of four settlements: Chromonastiri, Prinedes (Πρινέδες), Kapediana (Καπεδιανά) and
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Michael, The Vrisinas, The Mount Rethemnous, topographic, geographic, historical, social and folkloric perspective, Athens 2010 (in greek), p 382
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748:[Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
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Route:Rethymno - Aghia Irini - Roussospiti - Chromonastiri - Myli - Rethymno, Tourism
Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture
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851:"Private Buildings, The villa Clodio in the village of Chromonastiri"
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948:"The mill of Prinari (agrotourism)"
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997:. Ktimatologio S.A. Archived from
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118:Administrative region
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260:Vehicle registration
191: • Density
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