Gerakovouni

Huge, imposing and terrifying, the Gerakovouni cliff rises up on the west side of Lapanagoi. During the years of Ottoman Rule, the locals opened a passage into the rock that reached caves where there was also a Chapel of the Virgin Mary (Panagia or Katafigiotissa). They used this passage to hide in the caves during Ottoman raids. Today, the passage has been destroyed by landslides.