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

...ch Evans identified as the site at Knossos. It is possible, though unsure, that Minos was indeed a term used to identify a specific Minoan ruler. It could also have been used to describe the current r...

2. Heraklion
(Crete/Articles)

...the city خندق Ḫandaq, 'moat'. The Saracens allowed the port to be used as a safe haven for pirates, much to the annoyance of the nearby Byzantine Empire. In 961,...

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

... indicate an emphasis on sanitation which was a priority for all Minoan palaces. The palace of Phaistos used the small river Ieropotamos at the foot of the hill for its water supply, along with some d...

4. Chania
(Crete/Articles)

... situated next to the old harbour and is the matrix around which the whole urban area was developed. It used to be surrounded by the old Venetian fortifications that started to be built in 1538; of th...

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

...f Minos. The term palace may be misleading: in modern English, it usually refers to an elegant building used to house a head of state or similar. Knossos was a complex collection of over 1000 interloc...

6. Crete Music
(Crete/Articles)

...i and violin were combined by Manolis Stagakis. Replacing the falcon bells which had traditionally been used to keep the rhythm was the boulgari, a smaller stringed instrument that arrived in Greece w...

7. Cretan Literature
(Crete/Articles)

...nis Acritas and Alexander the Great. The poets of the period of Cretan literature (15th-17th centuries) used the spoken Cretan dialect, freed of the medieval vernacular. The tendency to purge the lan...

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

...tablish the local guard and to use it as a prison for condemned to death. Later, the Turks (1669-1898) used it for the same purpose and established the command of the division. Since then remained th...

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

...chaeologists, Joseph Chatzidakis and Stephanos Xanthoudides, Ephors of the Archaeological Service. It housed the valuable finds from Crete until 1937, when the construction of the modern, antiseismic ...

10. Ayiofarango
(Places to visit on Crete/Beaches on Crete)

...u can visit it with boat or via the litle Gorge with wonderfill view . Many centuries ago, many hermits used some caves there to live. ...

11. Crete History
(Static Content)

According to mythology Crete Greece is the mythical land of King Minoa.  Legend says that he refused to sacrifice a bull to the gods and Poseidon, to punish him, made his wife fall in love with

12. Museums of Crete
(Static Content)

...chaeologists, Joseph Chatzidakis and Stephanos Xanthoudides, Ephors of the Archaeological Service. It housed the valuable finds from Crete until 1937, when the construction of the modern, antiseismic ...

13. Crete History
(Static Content)

According to mythology Crete Greece is the mythical land of King Minoa.  Legend says that he refused to sacrifice a bull to the gods and Poseidon, to punish him, made his wife fall in love with

14. Museums of Crete
(Static Content)

...chaeologists, Joseph Chatzidakis and Stephanos Xanthoudides, Ephors of the Archaeological Service. It housed the valuable finds from Crete until 1937, when the construction of the modern, antiseismic ...