Oreino, Lasithi

Oreino (Greek: Ορεινό) is a small village in Lasithi regional unit on Crete, Greece. It is situated 28 kilometers northeast of Ierapetra and lies 10 kilometers from the Cretan south coast. Since 2011, it is part of the Ierapetra municipality. It is situated at 650 meters above sea level ('oreinos' means mountainous in Greek), east of the Thrypti mountains, in an area rich in vegetation. A gorge with the same name is also part of the village and contained a neo-Byzantine church with frescos.

Oreino Ορεινό
Community
Oreino
Coordinates: 35°04′48″N 25°54′47″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Lasithi
Municipality	Ierapetra
Municipal unit	Makry Gialos
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	314
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Some scholars believe that the father of the poet Dionysios Solomos was from Oreino, based on an alternative place name Solomika, as well as the remains of a tower where the Solomon family is believed to have lived prior to the Ottoman conquest of Crete in 1669.^[2]

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "Ορεινό | e-lasithi.eu". 2016-03-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2022-02-04.