Achladiakes

Achladiakes is a hamlet in Kantanos-Selino, Chania, Crete. Achladiakes is situated nearby to the hamlet Stratoi, as well as near Azoghires.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ancient Hyrtakina and Sotiros Christos.

Ancient Hyrtakina

Archaeological site

Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hyrtacina or Hyrtakina, also written as Hyrsacina or Hyrsakina, or Artacina or Artakina, was a city of ancient Crete, which, little as we learn of its position from Ptolemy and Stephanus of Byzantium, yet we may safely infer from the former's words that it was situated to the southeast of Polyrrhenia, and to the west of Lappa.

Sotiros Christos

Church

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sotiros Christos is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Azoghires and Temenia.

Azoghires

Hamlet

Photo: Gortyna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Azoghires is a hamlet.

Temenia

Hamlet

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Temenia is a community and a small village in Chania regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of East Selino. The community consists of the following villages : Near Temenia is located the ancient city of Yrtakina. Temenia is situated 2½ km northeast of Achladiakes.