Sfakia
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Sfakiá is a mountainous area in the southwestern part of the island of Crete, in the Chania regional unit. It is considered to be one of the few places in Greece that have never been fully occupied by
Sfakia landscape around Hora Sfakion
Sunset in Sfakia.
Traditional dancers at "Sfakian Liberation Festival".
Daskalogiannis
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Ioannis Vlachos, better known as Daskalogiannis, was a wealthy shipbuilder and shipowner who led a Cretan revolt against Ottoman rule in the 18th century.
Sfakia
…and unsuccessfully, to control Sfakiá. It is largely ruined but is picturesquely set on a wide sandy beach with the towering White Mountains behind. Daskalogiannis was captured here in 1771. Accessible only by boat from Sfakiá is Loutro, a small seaside village with some archaeological ruins, a few houses, small…
Daskalogiannis
The gulf of Loutro with the islet of Loutro on the right