Heraklion• sights to see

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Heraklion• sights to see

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The Minoan palace is the main site of interest at Knossos, an important city in antiquity, which was inhabited continuously from the Neolithic period until the 5th c. AD. The palace was built on the Kephala hill and had easy access to the sea and the Cretan interior. According to tradition, it was the seat of the wise king Minos. The Palace of Knossos is connected with thrilling legends, such as the myth of the Labyrinth, with the Minotaur, and the story of Daidalos and Ikaros.
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Knossos
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The Minoan palace is the main site of interest at Knossos, an important city in antiquity, which was inhabited continuously from the Neolithic period until the 5th c. AD. The palace was built on the Kephala hill and had easy access to the sea and the Cretan interior. According to tradition, it was the seat of the wise king Minos. The Palace of Knossos is connected with thrilling legends, such as the myth of the Labyrinth, with the Minotaur, and the story of Daidalos and Ikaros.
There’s no better museum in the world to dip into Minoan history. Finds from Minoan sites all over Crete have been brought here, and many of the exhibits are masterpieces of ancient art.
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I-Museum yase-Archeological yase-Heraklion
1 Chatzidaki
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There’s no better museum in the world to dip into Minoan history. Finds from Minoan sites all over Crete have been brought here, and many of the exhibits are masterpieces of ancient art.
Lions Square is one of the liveliest places in the centre of Heraklion. People pass through on their tour of the city, take the weight off at cafe tables, potter around the shops and line up for ice creams. Rising from the lower basin is an octagonal pedestal with the four lions that give the square its name. That basin below has eight lobes and has reliefs with images from Greek mythology like nymphs and the god Triton.
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I-Morosini Lions Fountain
Platia Eleftheriou Venizelou
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Lions Square is one of the liveliest places in the centre of Heraklion. People pass through on their tour of the city, take the weight off at cafe tables, potter around the shops and line up for ice creams. Rising from the lower basin is an octagonal pedestal with the four lions that give the square its name. That basin below has eight lobes and has reliefs with images from Greek mythology like nymphs and the god Triton.
Guarding the Venetian harbour is a square-shaped fort built when the island was under the control of the Republic of Venice in the 16th century. The fort’s upper level has a clear view of the harbour, while in the vaulted passageways below are cannons, hundreds of cannonballs, piles of amphorae, information panels and a brief film about the history of the fort.
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Isivivane seRocca a Mare
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Guarding the Venetian harbour is a square-shaped fort built when the island was under the control of the Republic of Venice in the 16th century. The fort’s upper level has a clear view of the harbour, while in the vaulted passageways below are cannons, hundreds of cannonballs, piles of amphorae, information panels and a brief film about the history of the fort.
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Cretaquarium - Thalassocosmos
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I-Monument ye-Grave ye-Kazantzakis
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