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MUSEUM OF ANCIENT ELEUTHERNA

Ancient Eleutherna At approximately 380m above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Ida (Psiloritis), Eleutherna stands on a prominence that re­sembles a vast stone ship moored in ineffa­ble green with its prow pointing northwest. Eleutherna’s location at the heart of...

Ierapetra Archaeological Collection

The museum was founded at the end of the 19th century, during the Turkish occupation. It has been forced to move location on a number of occasions. Today it is housed in the Commercial Ottoman School, which has been declared a listed building, ceded to the Ministry of...

Nikos Kazantzakis Museum

Where the wine roads meet the words of Nikos Kazantzakis and the tranquil Cretan landscape merges with authentic hospitality, a museum dedicated to the great writer was created in 1983. Myrtia of Heraklion (just 11 kilometres from the archaeological site of Knossos)...

Malevizi Archaeological Collection

The Malevizi Archaeological collection consists of artefacts from all the periods of Cretan history which are exhibited in 40 display cases (in a large hall in the municipality building) The majority of the artefacts were donated from the private collection of...

Archaeological Museum of Kissamos

The Archaeological Museum of Kisamos belongs to the 25th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and is located in the homonymous coastal town of Western Crete, which was built over ancient Kissamos. It is housed in the building of the old Venetian-Turkish...
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