Paliani (Greek: Παλιανή) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit.

[2] The municipal unit has an area of 21.423 km2.

The seat of the municipality was in Venerato.

[4] The municipal unit of Paliani, named after the nunnery on the outskirts of Venerato, consists of the villages of Kerasia, Venerato, Avgeniki, and Siva.