Holy Father’s Spring

Holy Father’s Spring is a spring in Kantanos-Selino, Chania, Crete. Holy Father’s Spring is situated nearby to the ruins Threshing Circle, as well as near the church Holy Monastery Of The Holy Fathers.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Ancient Hyrtakina is situated 2½ km east of Holy Father’s Spring.

Sotiros Christos

Church

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sotiros Christos is a church, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Holy Father’s Spring.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anydri and Prodromi.

Anydri

Village

Photo: Kaelkael, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Anydri is a village.

Prodromi

Hamlet

Prodromi is a village in the municipal unit of Pelekanos, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. The name of the village in the 18th century was "Peroudo Vrisi". Prodromi is situated 3½ km east of Holy Father’s Spring.

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 4 km northeast of Holy Father’s Spring.

Holy Father’s Spring

Type: Spring
Categories: place of worship and body of water
Location: Kantanos-Selino, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.27123° or 35° 16′ 16″ north

Longitude

23.72262° or 23° 43′ 21″ east

Open location code

8G757PCF+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3095533808

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

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