Lissos was an ancient city. Located in the bay of Saint-Herons between Sougia and Palaiohora .The location is a small coastal plain and is surrounded by rocky hills. Near the sea the width of the valley is reduced to about one hundred and fifty steps is the church of Our Lady, which seems to have been built on the site of an ancient temple. The Archaeological Society of Western Crete has completed the first excavations in the ancient Lissos in the year 1957-1958, and revealed valuable building and finds that determine, the existence of a beautiful temple of God Asclepius.
