Idaean Cave, Anogeia, Psiloritis

At an altitude of 1.538m, not far from Anogeia in the area of Rethymnon, hides one of the most important caves of Crete, the mythology hub of the NE slopes of the mountain chain of Psiloritis.
The sacredness and importance of the cave was confirmed by the excavations in the area, held in two different centuries: the first, conducted by F. Halbherr in 1885, and the second, started by the architect Υiannis Sakellarakis in 1982. The finds are kept and conserved at the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion, and they include offerings, vases, utensils, arms, coins, jewellery, and the well-known bronze shields of the 7th and 8th centuries, used in rituals honouring Zeus.