Sfakiá (Greek: Σφακιά) 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...

Ottoman rule in the 18th century. Ioannis Vlachos was born in Anopolis village in Sfakia, a then semi-autonomous region of Crete, in 1722 or 1730. His...

Σφακίων) or Sfakia (Σφακιά [sfaˈca]) is a town on the south coast of Crete, Greece. It is the capital of the remote and mountainous region of Sfakiá, and is...

She came from the Anopolis village in Sfakia, and was the daughter of Ioannis Daskalogiannis, leader of the revolutionaries in Sfakia during the revolution...

gorge divides Aradena from the Anopolis Plateau. Aradaina is 3.5 kilometers apart from the larger village of Anopolis. At Passopetra, near the current...

be part of ancient Foinikas and the port of ancient Anopolis. It became the winter harbour of Sfakia. The gulf and the islet make a natural harbour where...

Sphakians or Sfakiots; Greek: Σφακιανοί) are the inhabitants of the region of Sfakia located in western Crete. The Sfakians hold themselves to be the direct...

town of ancient Anopolis, and an important harbour in Hellenistic and Roman times. It later became the wintertime port of the town of Sfakia because of its...

Greek island of Antikythera. His parents were from the village of Anopolis in Sfakia, Crete and possibly from one of the original founding Sfakiote families...

Struggle from Crete. Karavitis was born in the autumn of 1883 in Anopolis in the area of Sfakia in Crete. In 1903, while he was in Athens, he learned about...