The Dam of Aposelemi is a history that begins from 1962 and runs through the period of hunta.All the processes for its creation bring also Pattako's signature. Its history continues travelling deep in in the change of regime up to in 1996 where was given the approval of environmental terms on the concretisation of work.

According to tradition, the monastery of the Panagia Gouverniotissa was built by a Byzantine King who came to Crete after its liberation from the Arabs in 961 A.D. The cruciform church has two aisles of the same height, and a dome in the centre. The dome has arches with windows in them. The church contains some elegant frescoes dominated by the Pantocrator in the dome. The church, high up on a hill, has a pleasant view of the green valley below. The monastery's valuable icons, carved wooden altar screen and sanctuary doors are on display in the Historical Museum of Crete in Iraklion.

Just before you enter the village a small road to the left leads to the Byzantine monastery of the Panagia Gouverniotissa and the Byzantine church of Afentis Christos . It's a small, one room monastery with some elegant frescoes.