 During the period of Venice domination the name of village was San Giovanni, but renamed in Harakas, because there is a great rock in the west side, 35 meters high and about 60m in the width with the name ("haraki").On the rock is built a castle and a church The rock is accessed only from the east and it is a monolithic barrow.This department(Δ.Δ.Χάρακα) is completed from the small villages