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Kaloi Limenes or Kali Limenes ((ギリシア語:Καλοί Λιμένες) (:kaliˈ liménes)) is a village and port in the Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete, in Greece, located south-west of the city of Heraklion. It has approximately 50 inhabitants.〔(Prefecture of Heraklio: Kali Limenes ) from the Hellenic Resources Network〕 It is known as a major bunkering spot for ships in the southern Mediterranean.〔(Kali Limenes information ) from InfoMarine〕 ==History== Kaloi Limenes (meaning "Good Harbors", "Fair Havens") is a natural port near the southernmost point of Crete. It is close to the village of Lentas (ancient Levin), and the unexcavated remains of Lassea, a port for the ancient settlement of Gortys.〔 Local legend 〔(Kreta information ) from Crete-Kreta.com〕 as well as biblical scholars 〔(Bible Maps )〕 assert that Apostle Paul, in whose name a small church was built there (first in Byzantine times,〔Captain T.A.B. Spratt, ''Travels and Researches in Crete'', 1865, II 1-6〕 then restored in the 1960s), landed at Kaloi Limenes to preach the Christian faith in Crete. Other scholars claim that the commercial ship carrying Paul from Caesaria to Rome, as a prisoner of the Romans,〔(Bible Study.org )〕 turned to the south of Crete to better sail under north-western winds and eventually had to take temporary refuge "at Fair Havens ... for a change in the wind."〔White, Jefferson ''Evidence and Paul's Journeys'', (Chapter: "Caesarea to Fair Havens" ), Parsagard Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-9705695-0-9 〕 However, other historians and researchers〔Llewellyn-Smith, Michael ''(The Great Island )'', Longmans, 1965; online edition Sunshade Press, 2007. The ISBN printed in the document (978-0-95282-4-2) is invalid.〕 relate that Paul possibly landed further west, at Loutro, of the Sphakia region, where there is a chapel on the shore on which Paul is said to have baptized the first Cretan converts, or at Phoinikas ("Phoenix"), a small village in the bay west of Loutro.〔Fielding, Xan ''The Stronghold: An Account of the Four Seasons in the White Mountains of Crete'', Secker and Warburg, 1953: "St Paul landed at the village of Phoenix after barely escaping shipwreck on one of his many propaganda tours. And when he did land he barely escaped with his life, for he was looked on as a busybody and promptly beaten up. The preaching of the apostle could hardly have endeared him to such happy-go-lucky pagans. That, at least, is what they say in Loutro today: and I can well believe it."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaloi Limenes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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