Village History

The Earliest History and the Appearance of Analipsi

The history of Analipsi village begins from the period of Othoman domination in Crete.
That years Othoman Agades ( topical chief)  lived in this place and they had some small stone houses where they lived few months of the year.
The name of the small village was calling "Svouros", and according to old people, it had emanated from a turkish " Aga " who lived at this area that years around 1800

At the period of decline of Othoman Possession in Crete,
few residents from Lasithi Plateau used to move at the winter time in more warm regions in order to feed their animals,
So they began to build some more basic stone houses . Their main occupation was the sheep-farming ,the picking of the olives and the
growing cereals as barley and wheat .

Wintertime village

Thus from then and each winter many sheepers with their families they passed the wintry months in this region because at Lasithi the winter is very cold.
The small village that had been created started to grow ,the people of Lasithi Plateau transported the culture and their traditions (even only for half year), and thus it was erected also the church, symbol of Orthodox religion .
The name that was given in this small church was "ANALIPSI" and from the stone sign that exists above the old door is advisable that it was establish in 1896.

Many years passed and everything was remained the same, the winter some people were living at the village in order to spent the winter time at the spring they were going back at Lasithi mountain villages.
It is reported in the inventory of Greek population in 1920 the small village 'Svouros' had only 68 residents,
These roughly in general lines was continued until the II world war of 1940. At ' German possession
the residents did not face serious problems , apart from the hunger and the misery that existed all over the island.

New village name from Analipsi Church 

Thus afterwards the war and at the years from '60 to '70 population began to increase itself with slow but stable rhythms ,the village that time belong to the community of Hersonissos.
The name of course remained the same from old years "Svouros".
The decades of '60 -  '70 new name for the village came to replace the old one ,
the  Church name ,  gave the name to the small village and from then it is called " Analipsi "

Golden period of Carnation Flowers

The next years were important for the growth and the economic growing of the village, because there where many carnations flower growings .
We can characterize in few words this period as "Golden period of Carnation Flowers "
So many farmers had better conditions of living and also the place became henceforth and productive.
That prompted the residents for their establishment in the village.
Nowadays  few villages still dealing with the growing of Carnations but in smaller scale!

Every year , from November until the January people are picking olives for olive oil production, this tradition is very old but that is even continued today, the way of collection may change but olives and their virgin oil were always one of the precious goods of Crete.
With few words these were the most important occupations from which the residents of our village were doing to have a normal life until the tourism began to make it first steps in our place.

First steps in Tourism

After some years,  in ' 85 - ' 89 began to make their presence certain small hotels (Lyttos , Stella, Europa ),  taverns and shops.
Thus then Analipsi was not late to become a pole of attraction of many visitors which wanted the peacefulness and the calm of our traditional village .
A main economic resource of our village is the tourism.
Important factor for success in our days,  is the hospitality which characterizes the Greeks from ancients years.
In our holidays you may spend relaxed and nice holidays but also can discover more local beauties .
Analipsi is less developed touristically than the other resorts of the surrounding area and is a favorite destination for families, since the place is peaceful and quiet 

These historical information were written in order to give the possibility to the visitors of our place of knowing the small history of our village .

History of Analipsi Church

Analipsi Archeology

Η Γερμανοκρατία στην Ανάληψη

Old Times in Crete (gr)

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