Arkadi
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Arkadi is a former municipality in the Rethymno peripheral unit, Crete
, Greece
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rethymno
, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 5,644 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Adele. Arkadi is renowned for its famous monastery
.
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rethymno
Rethymno
Rethymno is a city of approximately 40,000 people in Greece, the capital of Rethymno peripheral unit in the island of Crete. It was built in antiquity , even though was never a competitive Minoan centre...
, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 5,644 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Adele. Arkadi is renowned for its famous monastery
Arkadi Monastery
The monastery of Arkadi is an Eastern Orthodox monastery, situated on a fertile plateau 14 mi to the southeast of Rethymnon on the island of Crete ....
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