Palaikastro
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Palaikastro or Palekastro, with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the
Panorama looking ENE into the Strait of Kasos over the town from some high ground to the west.
Rousolakkos in the foreground, Kastri in the background. The slope on the left side of the promontory is 22°; on the right side, 40°. The former is habitable; the latter, not. The apparent flat area at the top is a razor-back ridge. The cliffs at the bottom go all the way around. Nothing cultivatable is in evidence, although indigenous species are sure to be found there.
Kastri hill
Remaining fortification
Minoan peak sanctuaries
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Minoan peak sanctuaries are widespread throughout the island of Crete. Most scholars agree that peak sanctuaries were used for religious rites high in the mountains of Crete. Human and animal figurine
Palaikastro
…Kouros is a carved figure of a youth that was recovered in fragments between 1987 and 1990. Mount Petsofas above the town has the ruins of a Minoan peak sanctuary. Ian Swindale. "Palaikastro". Retrieved 4 February 2006…
Petsofas peak sanctuary overlooks the Minoan town of Palaikastro
Atsipades Korakias seen from southwest.The sanctuary is on the more distant part of the outcrop. The Ayios Vasilios Plain is visible in the background.