Achladia

Achladia is a village on the route between Sitia and Stavrochori, about 9 kilometers from Sitia, at an altitude of 250 meters. Beneath everyday life here lies an important archaeological story: in 1939, the archaeologist Nikolaos Platon excavated at Platyskinos a finely made Late Minoan tomb, including a circular chamber and a distinctive deep “door” believed to link the dead with the “upper world.” Inside, excavators reported three sarcophagi and vases. Platon returned in 1959 to Riza, uncovering a complex Middle Minoan agricultural villa with 12 compartments, a reception hall, and finds that point to a wealthy owner. The same landscape remembers earlier eras. The village is attested by the names Agladea (1577) and Aghladia (1583), and later as Achladia in the account of Francesco Basilicata. …

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