Paliani

Paliani (Greek: Παλιανή) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,404 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Venerato. Until 2002, the municipality was named "Tetrachori". The municipal unit of Paliani, named after the nunnery on the outskirts of Venerato, consists of the following villages; Kerásia, Veneráto, Avgenikí, & Síva. Kerásia Κεράσια is 18 km from Iraklio, south by the national road. Kerásia is a small proud Cretan village in Iraklion prefecture, surrounded by the other villages. There are different ideas as to how Kerásia gets it name. There are also two spellings....