Thrapsano, pages in Greek

Thrapsano, Iraklion, Crete, Greece

Thrapsano village, well known as the village of potters,
is located in the province of Pediada, Iraklion
prefecture, Crete, Greece, roughly 30 km. south-
eastern from Iraklion and is built in an altitude of 340m.
It used to be community until recently ...

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The Municipality of Thrapsano

The Municipality of Thrapsano was formed in
1997 according the "Kapodistria Plan". It consists
of 4 Municipal Districts, the former communities
(and villages also) of Voni, (with Galatas village),
Zofori, Thrapsano and Sambas...

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The pottery art

The history of the pottery art in Thrapsano has a
long pathway and is lost in time. All mentions
about our village in historical documents are
accompanied with reports about the pottery...

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Churches

Thrapsano village has 13 churches.
Seven of them are country churches...

 

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The reservoir of Livada

The small reservoir of Livada is located 800 meters
north of the village of Thrapsano. Local people
used to exploit clay from the area and thus a
pond was created; this pond was enlarged
and transformed to the reservoir of Livada...

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...follow the links to discover Thrapsano, a beautiful and historical village.

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