Valenti rock

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Valenti
Native name: Βαλέντι
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Valenti rock
Geography
Coordinates 35°35′41″N23°34′30″E / 35.59472°N 23.57500°E / 35.59472; 23.57500 Coordinates: 35°35′41″N23°34′30″E / 35.59472°N 23.57500°E / 35.59472; 23.57500
ArchipelagoCretan Islands
Administration
Greece
Region Crete
Regional unit Chania
Demographics
Population0 (2001)

Valenti (Greek : Βαλέντι) is a rock close to the northwestern coast of Crete in the Aegean Sea. [1] It is just south of the island of Imeri Gramvousa and the islet of Arnaouti. [1] Administratively, it is located within the municipality of Kissamos, in Chania regional unit.

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Valenti is mentioned in poems and mantinades and usually with Gramvousa. [1] In March 2008 a fatal nautical accident, resulting in the death of a 42-year-old man, occurred close to the rock and it is noted in a bulletin of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries. [2]

Mantinades is the art of musical declamation (recitative) in form of a narrative or dialogue, sung in the rhythm of accompanying music. It is prominent in several parts of Greece, especially on the island of Crete where mantinades are performed in accompaniment of the Cretan lyra and Cretan laouto.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Γραμβούσα - Μπάλος Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine . Greek Panorama, Issue 27, May/June 2002 (Greek)
  2. Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries Bulletin of 11 March 2008 (Greek) Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .