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Mothiana fountain
Traditions · Chania Prefecture

Mothiana fountain

Rating
5.0
frescoes
1882
km · Kissamos
10
on foot
30'
Kissamos
Mothiana fountain 2
Rare

old fountain and olive trees

20 nearbyMichael the Archangel (Rotonda) church in Episkopi Kissamos, Church of Saint Stephen at Drakona, Ano Vouves monumental olive tree

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The village Mothiana at province Kissamos is very small and with a few inhabitants. The village is hidden in the green olive groves and the plane wooded ravines of the area.

At the edge of the village, among very old olive trees, we meet the jewel of the village which is its old fountain. The fountain of Mothiana is among the most beautiful of the entire Crete and is located at the point a small spring gushes and the water is the basic source of water supply of the settlement.

The beautiful stone fountain is built with local stone and bears and engraved date of 1882. The front part has some decorative elements and it also has a second water outlet on the left side.

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