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Tylissos

FieldValue
nameTylissos
name_localΤύλισος
typemunicipal unit
image_mapDE Tylisou.svg
image_skylineAncient Tylissos.jpg
caption_skylineAncient Tylisos
coordinates
elevation200
map_captionLocation within the regional unit
periphCrete
periphunitHeraklion
municipalityMalevizi
population_as_of2021
pop_municunit2252
pop_community944
area_municunit131.1

Tylissos (also Pyrgos-Tylissos or Tylisos; ; Linear B: Tu-li-so) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 131.064 km2. Population 2,252 in 2021. It is an ancient Minoan peak sanctuary and town. The Municipality of Tylisos was created in 1999 and includes 11 villages. The economy is based on agriculture, mainly grape cultivation (accounting for 4.8% of the island’s production) and olive cultivation. At the same time stock farming of sheep, goats and chickens and beehive farms are abundant.

Archaeology

Main article: Tylissus

Tylisos was excavated 1909–1913 by Joseph Hadzidakis, 1953–1955 by Nicholas Platon and in 1971 by A. Kanta. The town was in use Early Minoan II to Late Minoan IIIA, and the peak sanctuary, excavated in 1963 by Alexiou, was in use until at least Late Minoan IA. Structures include houses, a cistern and an aqueduct with clay pipes. Excavation finds have included a pithos with Linear A inscriptions, stone horns, and clay human and animal figurines.

There are also a significant number of caves including the Kamilari Cave, Hainospilios Cave, Trapeza Cave, Doxa and Arkaliospilio. There are also two gorges which are namely: the Almiros gorge, the Gonies gorge. Agrotourism is also a very popular among visitors all year round. Arolithos village, Ktima Kares and Agrotikon are the most visited sites for this and other leisure activities.

Also nearby is Sklavokampos.

References

Sources

  • Jones, Donald W. 1999 Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves of Minoan Crete
  • Kyriakidis, Evangelos, 2005, Ritual in the Aegean: The Minoan Peak Sanctuaries, London: Duckworth publishers
  • Kyriakidis, Evangelos 2007, ‘Finding Ritual: Calibrating the Evidence’, in Kyriakidis, E. (ed.), 2007. The Archaeology of Ritual, Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology UCLA publications, pp. 9–22

References

  1. [http://www.palaeolexicon.com/Linear%20B palaeolexicon.com, "Mycenaean Greek and Linear B"], Palaeolexicon.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
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