The stone-built Xife bridge is located at the confluence of the homonymous river that passes northwest of the village of Agios Ioannis. The bridge dates back to the Venetian period and may have been built over an older one.
The arch of Manouras is located in the Amari province, below Chordaki, at the confluence of the Lygiotis River (or Elektra) with the stream Mounouchos (which collects the waters from Gerakari and brings them to Ambadia through the valley of Vryses – Ano Meros),...
The beautiful building of the 19th century is located in the heart of the Nefs Amari settlement and it is today a preserved monument. Until the 1980s, it housed the primary school of the settlement, while today the Amari Cultural Association has taken over its...
The traditional village faucet is preserved in the western part of the settlement, which was recently restored with EU funds. On the front of the faucet, you can see the relief inscription with the date 1892, and in the lower part the array of troughs used for washing...
Koules is in a dilapidated condition at the entrance of the Amari valley, on a hill North of the Merona settlement. It is a 19th-century fortress, built by the Turks in the period 1866-1869 along with others in strategic points of Crete, for controlling the Cretan...
