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

...le, 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 ruler of the Minoan civilization. What the Minoans called...

2. Heraklion
(Crete/Articles)

...;ندق 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, the Byzantines...

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

...ements on the hill and the surrounding area, and the first palace was built around 2000 BC. Excavations have unearthed a rich historical strata, and some ruins date back to neolithic times. Phaistos P...

4. Chania
(Crete/Articles)

...the old Venetian fortifications that started to be built in 1538; of them the eastern and western parts have survived. From the south, the old town is continuous with the new, and from the north the p...

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

...e-Greek. The location of the labyrinth of legend has long been a question for Minoan studies. It might have been the name of the palace or of some portion of the palace. Throughout most of the 20th c...

6. Ideon Andron Cave
(Places to visit on Crete/Ancient cities on Crete)

... myth, Rhea brought the infant Zeus to the Ideon cave to protect him from his father, Kronos, who would have swallowed him alive, as he had previously done with his brothers and sisters. Here he was n...

7. Fragokastelo Castle
(Places to visit on Crete/Traditional sites to visit on Crete)

...okastlo is next to a famous beach with white sand called "ammolofoi", a perfect suggestion to have a swim. Vectiring 11 km. east of the Chora Sfakion  on Chania region Fragokastelo, i...

8. Rethymno
(Crete/Articles)

... mild urban growth. Rethymno started growing again when the Venetian conquerors of the island wanted to have an intermediate commercial station between Heraklion and Chania acquiring its own bishop an...

9. Crete Music
(Crete/Articles)

...ques and styles. The Cretan lyre is almost the same as the lyre of Istanbul. Concerning their roots, we have to deal with two different possible versions: 1) The lyre was brought by the Arabs who wher...

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

...hania to shelter, protect and exhibit our naval traditions - esspesialy Cretan naval tradition - which have always be source of National survival and inspiration. In these web pages are briefly prese...

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

... windmills has been declared a work of art since 1986. The mills belong to individuals and some of them have been restored while others still remain half-ruined. Two of the twenty-four windmills have ...

12. Preveli beach on Crete
(Places to visit on Crete/Beaches on Crete)

...rn at the venitian bridge, you will easily find, after several kilometers, the parking for Preveli (you have to pay). From this point, stairs gets down to the beach (the denivelation might be the doub...

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

...on olive trees - which works out to 62 olive trees for every man, woman and child. Crete also claims to have the oldest living olive tree, though two trees - each over 2000 years old - on either side ...

14. Cuttlefishes with Green Olives
(Cretan diet recipes/Cretan Recipes)

...role, boil it for a while, strain it and add it in the cuttlefishes, together with the olives which you have also strained. Add salt and some pepper and let the food cook until the cuttlefishes become...

15. Snails
(Cretan diet recipes/Cretan Recipes)

...heir heads come out (30 to 45 minutes) and clean them thoroughly. Throw away all the snails whose heads have not come out. Put the snails in a saucepan half-full with water and when the water comes to...

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

...ty. The walls (Classical and Hellenistic period) are expanded. Their length is four kilometres and they have towers and parapets. In late 5th and early 4th century BC, there a small temple was constru...

17. Museums of Crete
(Static Content)

...owned by arched lintels and framed by caryatids (Hermae) supporting a pediment. The rest of the windows have plain, rectangular frames. The north side of the building is modelled as a "scarpa&quo...