Gianysada

Gianysada
螕喂伪谓蠀蟽维未伪

The Dionysades group of islands
in the distance from Sitia.
Geography
Island chain: Cretan Islands
Government
Greece
Periphery: Crete
Prefecture: Lasithi
Capital: Agios Nikolaos
Statistics
Population: 0 (as of 2001)

Gianysada (Greek: 螕喂伪谓蠀蟽维未伪) or Giannisada (螕喂伪谓谓喂蟽维未伪), is an island within the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Dragonada, Paximada, and Paximadaki. Administratively this group comes within the Sitia municipality in Lasithi Prefecture.

This island is part of an environmentally protected area with many rare plants and animals including the falcon, Falco eleonorae, which finds sanctuary here.[1][2]

The Dionysades were once a place of worship of the ancient Greek god Dionysus. Archaeologists have found artefacts on this island group, from ancient and early Christian eras, indicating that the islands may have been inhabited in the past.

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] 螔慰蟻蔚喂伪谓伪蟿慰位喂魏蠈 维魏蟻慰 蟿畏蟼 螝蟻萎蟿畏蟼 螖喂慰谓蠀蟽维未蔚蟼, 螘位维蟽伪 魏伪喂 围蔚蟻蟽蠈谓畏蟽慰蟼 危喂苇蟻慰 (Greek)
  2. ^ [2] Chances and limits of floristic island inventories : The Dionysades group (South Aegean, Greece) re-visited.