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The Asterousia Mountains stretch imposingly along the southern part of the Regional Unit of Heraklion. It is the southernmost mountain range of Greece and Europe, as well as the “holy” mountain of Crete.
Asterousia Mountains: This otherwordly, sacred, and imposing place could not but take its name from the gods!
The name Asterousia is said to come either from the deified Asterion, the son of the mythical king Minos, or from the forgotten worship of Zeus Asterion.
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