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FODELE IN CRETE
 Fodele is a village 20 kilometers west of Heraklion, surrounded by orange tree groves. It is the birthplace of the most famous Greek painter El Greco, who has his own monument in the village next to a tree that is over a thousand years old. Through the village runs the small Pandomandri river, named after an old city which was once situated on this spot. In Fodele there are two beaches. One is a commercial beach with hotels and taverna's, which can be reached from the main road. The other, more unspoiled western beach can only be reached from the village itself. Just outside of the village in the green valley you can find the Byzantine church of the Panagia, which is built on the remains of an earlier seventh century church. The newer church dates from the beginning of the second Byzantine period (11C) and has the typical cruciform shape. |