Arkalochori (Greek: Αρκαλοχώρι) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Minoa Pediada, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 237.589 km2 (91.734 sq mi).[3]
The town lies on the western edge of the Minoa Pediada plain, west of the Lasithi plateau, in central Crete. It contains the archaeological site of a Minoan sacred cave. The sacred cave was used from the third millennium to ca 1450 BCE, when the natural ceiling collapsed, fortuitously protecting some of the votive deposits there.
^"Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
Arkalochori (Greek: Αρκαλοχώρι) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform...
The Arkalochori Axe is a 2nd millennium BC Minoan bronze votive double axe (labrys) excavated by Spyridon Marinatos in 1934 in the Arkalochori cave in...
to the west. According to scientists at the Geodynamic Institution, Arkalochori subsided by up to 15 cm. A maximum ground subsidence of ~22 cm was estimated...
as votive offerings and have been found in considerable numbers; the Arkalochori Axe is a famous example. Minoan double axes have also recently been found...
pendulous breasts have also been found at Malia and Phaistos.: p.125 The Arkalochori Axe also bears a short inscription that uses several signs similar to...
Minoan peak sanctuary, associated with the palace of Knossos Arkalochori – site of the Arkalochori Axe Karfi – refuge site, one of the last Minoan sites Akrotiri...
based at Kastelli Kissamou the Metropolis of Arkalochori, Kastelli and Viannos, based at Arkalochori. List of Archbishops of Crete Theocharis Detorakis...
signs posted nearby the restricted items. Snake Goddess Phaistos Disc Arkalochori Axe Malia Pendant Minoan rhyton in form of a bull Minoan jewelry Fresco...
between the Kouretes' weapons at the cave and the dedicated weapons at Arkalochori". Among the offerings recovered from the cave, the most spectacular are...
Giorgos Psarakis of Aristeides and Maria (20 November 1919, in Arkalochori, Heraklion – 27 October 2007) was a Greek politician and resistance fighter...
v t e Caves in Greece Alepotrypa Cave Apidima Cave Arkalochori Cave Cave of Zeus Eileithyia Cave Franchthi Cave Kleidi Cave Megalakkos Petralona Cave...
(CHIC I: 123–179) sealstones (CHIC S: 180–314) the Malia altar stone the Arkalochori Axe seal fragment HM 992, showing a single symbol, identical to Phaistos...
the two phases were distinct, is uncertain and a matter of discussion. Arkalochori Hagios Charalambos - burial cave Inatos Kamares, where Kamares ware was...
depicted on a bas-relief at Ivriz wielding a thunderbolt and an axe. The Arkalochori Axe is a bronze, Minoan, axe from the second millennium BC thought to...
v t e Caves in Greece Alepotrypa Cave Apidima Cave Arkalochori Cave Cave of Zeus Eileithyia Cave Franchthi Cave Kleidi Cave Megalakkos Petralona Cave...
v t e Caves in Greece Alepotrypa Cave Apidima Cave Arkalochori Cave Cave of Zeus Eileithyia Cave Franchthi Cave Kleidi Cave Megalakkos Petralona Cave...
Asterousia and Kofinas, and parts of the municipal units Agia Varvara, Arkalochori and Nikos Kazantzakis. It was abolished in 2006. "Detailed census results...
v t e Caves in Greece Alepotrypa Cave Apidima Cave Arkalochori Cave Cave of Zeus Eileithyia Cave Franchthi Cave Kleidi Cave Megalakkos Petralona Cave...
archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos with excavations at the cave sanctuary of Arkalochori. She maintained a strong professional relationship with Marinatos throughout...
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