Minoan Settlement of Kastelli

At Kastelli Pediada we meet traces of a settlement that flourished in the Minoan Era and was built since the Neolithic Period. The settlement had developed around a central two-story building of large dimensions, the architectural remains of which are visible today in the square of Saint George .

The town was destroyed around 220 BC, perhaps after the raid of Knossos. At the same position, there are remains from the fortress of Kastelli and an old cistern.