1. Minoan Civilization on Crete
(Crete History/Articles)

Minoan Civilization on Crete The Minoan civilization were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aege

2. Phestos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...ace structures. During the rebuilding of the palace in 1700 BC several of the rooms from the old palace were retained in the new building, and archaeologists today have excavated several areas of the ...

3. Cretan wine
(Cretan diet recipes/Cretan Recipes)

... Crete are wine names listed as highly valued in several sources from western and northern Europe. They were sweet and "hot" wines (hot in a dietary sense). Within the current classificatio...

4. Knossos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...e accessible to the casual visitor in a way that a field of unmarked ruins is not. The ruins at Knossos were discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos, a Cretan merchant and antiquarian. He conducted ...

5. Chania
(Crete/Articles)

... destroyed old Venetian wall (and bulwarks) and this has been the cradle of all the civilizations which were developed in the area.  ...

6. Crete Music
(Crete/Articles)

...urviving folk songs in all of Greece can be traced to the 17th century, when songs in the rizitika type were "recorded" by monks at Iviron and Xyropotamos at Mount Athos. Recording secular f...

7. Cretan Literature
(Crete/Articles)

...masterpiece of the Cretan literature. According to some philologists, the first works of Modern Greek were written in the Cretan dialect during the 16th century (others consider the beginning of mod...

8. Maritime Museum of Crete
(Places to visit on Crete/Museums of Crete)

...oal is the preservation and promotion of Greece's and specially Crete's naval traditions, which were sources of survival, progress and national glory. The attainment of this goal is pursued by...

9. Archaeological museum of Heraklion
(Places to visit on Crete/Museums of Crete)

...The task of rearranging the exhibition was undertaken by Prof. N. Platon in 1951, and in 1952 the finds were again on display. In 1964 a new wing was added and the arrangement of the exhibits was comp...

10. Tylissos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

Tylissos  The houses of Tylissos were built during the LM I period (16th-15th century B.C.) on Crete Greece. Additions were made on House A in the LM II (15th-14th century B.C.) and on House C du

11. Crete olive oil
(Cretan diet recipes/Cretan Recipes)

...s - each over 2000 years old - on either side of the island vie for the title. Branches from both trees were collected to make the wreaths awarded to winning athletes in the Athens 2004 Olympics. &nbs...

12. Aptera
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...ery important trading centre of this period. The city had two ports at Kisamos. Some believe that these were west towards Kalyves and some others near Kalami, at north by east of the Cape, near Sterne...

13. Museums of Crete
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Crete as well as Greece is full of ancient sites to visit. Below you can find the museums of Crete were you can view some items of ancient Crete civilization. On Iraklion you can visit the following m