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Monuments
The visitor can admire the Cave of Kamares and the small Labyrinth near Gortina village. At Malevizi, the palace center of Tylisos and the Minoan edifice of Sklavokampos at Gonies village are significant archeological sites. Zominthos was a Minoan dorp south of Anogia and served as an intermediate stop for the worshippers of Zeus at Idaion Andron. The temple of Aphrodite was excavated at the acropolis of ancient Aksos. The visitor can visit the archeological park of Eleftherna, the cemetery of the geometric era but also the center of the Roman and first Byzantine city. The building block of the old palatial period in Monastiraki at Amari village is a very significant part of the archeological wealth of the area. At Patsos, in the cave of Agios Antonios, Hermes Kranaios was being worshipped.
Monastiraki
