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Yrtakina

Yrtakina is built on a steep rise called “Kastri” near the village Temenia Selinou. It was a strong and independent inland power, which was founded in the archaic times and flourished in the Hellenistic times. Along with Lissos, Yrtakina set the foundations for the...

Tylisos

The houses of Tylisos were built in the Late Minoan I period (16th-15th century B.C.). Extensions were made to House A in the Late Minoan II period (15th-14th centuries B.C.) and to the House C during the Late Minoan III period (14th century B.C.). The site was...

Temple of Mars and Aphrodite at Lenika

In a flat area near the modern settlement Ellinika, between Agios Nikolaos and Elounta, at the border between the ancient city-states Lato and Olous, was located a very old sanctuary dedicated to Aphrodite, the «ancient Aphrodision» of the inscriptions of the late 2nd...

Fortress of Firkas

On the northwestern side of the city of Chania, the Venetians constructed the Revellino del Porto, a fortification that was capable of repelling any possible enemy and danger from the harbour. Its construction started in the middle of the 16th century and was...

Castle of Gramvousa

The castle was built on the steep rise of the islet Imeri Gramvousa, at the edge of the homonymous peninsula, to protect the small natural port that exists in the area, in the framework of a wider fortification project of Crete at the end of the Venetian rule. Its...
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