Heraklion (78 Subjects)
View of Heraklion (Chandax).
Map of Crete.
View of Heraklion (Chandax).
Coins of ancient Tylissos.
View of the port of Heraklion.
The fountain of Bebo at Kornaros square, Heraklion, Crete. The fountain was built between 1552 and 1554 by captain Gianmatteo Bebo. It bears a Venetian coat of arms. At the centre, statue of the Roman era.
Street market around Ottoman fountain at Kornaros square, Heraklion (today known as Philanthropiki fountain). On the left, the Venetian fountain of Bebo.
Coins of Knossos.
Inscription on fountain of the Venetian era, Heraklion.
Coins of Knossos.
Remains of ancient wall, probably of the Minoan age on Mount Youchtas, Heraklion province.
Monastery of Hagios Georgios Epanosifis, Heraklion province.
Landscape at Almyros river, near Heraklion.
Gorge at Arvi, near Heraklion.
Coins of ancient Priansos.
Sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: Marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.