Visiting villages in Crete Greece
Visiting villages in Crete Greece: The village of Astraki today has 228 inhabitants, mainly engaged in agriculture. Astraki is mentioned in documents in 1278 as Astracu and more specifically in 1583 as Astracus Catto with 230 inhabitants. The village was named after the many potsherds found here, called ostrakon. As papyrus was too expensive for