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| ISSUE NO. 52 | AUGUST 2010 | WWW.KO-GO.GR | ||
The KhroniclesThe Bilingual Community Newspaper |
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'Η Δίγλωσση Τοπική Εφημερίδα ΣαςΤα Χρονικά |
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| ISSUE NO. 52 | AUGUST 2010 | WWW.KO-GO.GR | ||
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The Khronicles A division of Ko-Go Επιχειρήσεις Box 332 Publisher: Sofia Klidi Editor: Lou Duro Associate Editors: Tony & Christine Bowes Web Editor John McLaren Sales: Maria Aretaki Contributors/ Renie Spykerman, Petra Karreman, Maria Daskalaki, John McLaren, Bob Bayes, Father Dimitris Mihouthis, Father Leonidas Hatzakis, Vasiliki Alexaki-Hronaki, Niki Yiamalaki, Nikolaos Papadakis, Spyros Hatzakis, Panagiota Giannopoulou, Evi Karvounaki, Maria Aretaki Translations: Ada Vamvoukaki Photographer: Sami Moudavaris Layout & Design: George Drakakis Printed By: G Detorakis
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Beginning in 1340 A.D., the feudal lords of Hania had asked from Venice
the authorization to build a castle that would protect the Saint Nikita
cove, but the first answer was negative. The lords persisted and thirty
years later received the consent from the Venetian Senate. There were,
however, certain descendants of Byzantine nobility, known for their illegal
actions that did not want the aid of Venetian sovereignty endangering the
balances of local power.
It's possible that the “castle of Francs” owes its name to them, and the
name was meant initially as an insult. Faced with the insistence of the
feudal lords,
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The most important fact, however, in the history of the castle, is the
revolution of the chieftain Hatzimihalis Ntalianis against Pasha Moustafa.
In May 1828, with 600 soldiers on foot and 100 horsemen, he arrived in the
region and rekindled the revolution for the liberation of Ntalianis fights with his brave soldiers, knowing that it's likely he
won't come out alive. And that's exactly what happened. In the battle that
began May 18, Ntalianis and many of his soldiers were killed, and those that
survived turned themselves over to the Turks. Today however, Frangkokastello is known for an unexplained phenomenon shrouding the place with mystery. Years after the legendary battle at the Kastelli plains, and always during first light, a crowd makes its appearance. It's a crowd of human shadows, some on foot, some on horseback, parading in front of the Fragkokastello and heading towards the sea. They appear every year in May and the locals named the shadows 'Drosoulites' (dewdrops) from the morning dew. There is no scientific explanation for it. Perhaps we'll never know. Just leave the mind travel to other times, other metaphysical worlds … |
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