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

...hough unsure, that Minos was indeed a term used to identify a specific Minoan ruler. It could also have been used to describe the current ruler of the Minoan civilization. What the Minoans called them...

2. Crete Climate
(Crete/Articles)

...ere can be quite humid, depending on the proximity to the sea. The winter is fairly mild. Snowfall had been practically unknown to the plains until the truly exceptional cold snap of February 2004, d...

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

...w. The pavement of the west courtyard along with the few bottom steps of the converging staircases have been exposed during modern excavations, for they were buried one meter deep when the new palace ...

4. Chania
(Crete/Articles)

...our. The borders of the Old Town are the mostly destroyed old Venetian wall (and bulwarks) and this has been the cradle of all the civilizations which were developed in the area.  ...

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

...nd culture. It is a popular tourist destination today, as it is near the main city of Heraklion and has been substantially if imaginatively "rebuilt", making the site accessible to the casua...

6. Rethymno
(Crete/Articles)

...ymno is a city of about 40,000 people, . It was built in antiquity (ancient ), even though it has never been a competitive to Minoan civilization. It was, however, strong enough to mint its own coins ...

7. Crete Music
(Crete/Articles)

...lyraki 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 Gre...

8. Lassithi traditional windmills
(Places to visit on Crete/Traditional sites to visit on Crete)

...but the Cretan ones are generally more carefully built and more elegant. The group of windmills has been declared a work of art since 1986. The mills belong to individuals and some of them have be...

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

...plies to Extra Virgin olive oil. Its therapeutic and beneficial attributes have been known and respected for thousands of years. Studies of today’s scientific community h...

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

...e of the goddess Eileithyia, cult of Apteran Artemis and Prytaneion. 500 metres away from the city, has been discovered a cemetery with vaulted tombs of Roman times. The area of the ancient city and ...

11. Museums of Crete
(Static Content)

...onstructed in 1903 on the plans of K.Tsantirakis, based on the layout of the previous structure. It has been declared a Historical Building and a Work of Art and is protected by a preservation order. ...