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Tylissos

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and town. The Municipality of Tylisos was created in 1999 and includes 11 villages. The economy is based on agriculture, mainly grape cultivation (accounting for 4.8% of the island’s production) and olive cultivation. At the same time stock farming of sheep, goats and chickens and beehive farms are
382:. There are also two gorges which are namely: the Almiros gorge, the Gonies gorge. Agrotourism is also a very popular among visitors all year round. Arolithos village, Ktima Kares and Agrotikon are the most visited sites for this and other leisure activities. 432: 733: 748: 313:, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 131.064 km (50.604 sq mi). Population 2,252 in 2021. It is an ancient 409:[Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024. 714: 33: 531: 169: 478: 103: 758: 58: 707: 261: 753: 436: 524: 406: 743: 298: 162: 157: 700: 352: 517: 490:
Kyriakidis, Evangelos 2007, ‘Finding Ritual: Calibrating the Evidence’, in Kyriakidis, E. (ed.), 2007.
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Tylisos was excavated 1909–1913 by Joseph Hadzidakis, 1953–1955 by
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There are also a significant number of caves including the
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Municipal unit
Ancient Tylisos
Tylissos is located in Greece

35°19′N 24°58′E / 35.317°N 24.967°E / 35.317; 24.967
Greece
Administrative region
Crete
Regional unit
Heraklion
Municipality
Malevizi
Time zone
UTC+2
EET
DST
UTC+3
EEST
Greek
Linear B
Heraklion regional unit
Crete
Greece
Malevizi
Minoan
peak sanctuary
Tylissus
Nicholas Platon
Early Minoan II to Late Minoan IIIA
Late Minoan IA

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