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C H A P T E R 3 From Gournia to Ierapetra Orthodox monasteries are always hidden away in silent places far from the crowds A short deviation from the main coastal road leads us towards the Monastery of Faneromeni, clinging to the mountain top. The road meanders amid bushes of thyme and sage as far as the little cave church of the monastery which houses a precious icon of the "Death of the Virgin", believed to have miraculous powers. Legend tells of a shepherd who had lost his way during the night, but was drawn to a light in the darkness: it came from the holy icon and, in thanks to the Virgin who had helped him find his way once more, the first church of Faneromeni was erected on the site. Gournia, the "Minoan Pompei" Back on the main road, the ancient city of Gournia appears, luminous, on a low hill, like a map open to the skies: one can clearly see the walls of the houses, the streets and the courtyards, so much so that it is known as the "Minoan Pompei". Already inhabited in the Early- and Middle-Minoan era, the ruins that we see today belong largely to the Late Minoan era (circa 1600 B.C.) and to the period of the arrival of the Mycenaeans who erected a sanctuary here. The inhabitants of Gournia were artisans, merchants and fishermen, but they too wanted to erect a palace and a theatre space of their own modelled on Knossos, naturally much inferior in scale. 60
In the Middle Minoan period Gournia had its own local governor who resided in a palace high on the hill The several-floored houses and the shops, which face onto the lanes, the steps and around the marketplace, form a compact urban weave where the walls back one onto the other and often share roofs. The excavations between 1901 and 1904 by the American archaeologist Harriet Boyd-Hawes, have yielded up many brightlycoloured ceramics with marine motifs and various everyday objects like mortars, millstones and jars for oil and for wine. Continuing on towards Ierapetra one can see the remains of the Proto-Minoan settlement of Vasiliki, almost directly opposite the clean break made by the Ha gorge which looks as though it had been cut open At the foot of the Ha gorge archaeologists have discovered remains of an ancient settlement 61
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