Crete (425 Subjects)
Map of Chania.
The monastery of Agia Triada Tzagarolon at Akrotiri peninsula, near the city of Chania.
The cave in which Saint John the Hermit slept, according to tradition. It is situated near the monastery of Katholikon, or Monastery of Saint John the Hermit, Chania province.
View of the monastery of Katholikon, or Monastery of Saint John the Hermit, Chania province.
View of the bay and fortress of Souda.
Part of wall of the Hellenistic or the Roman period at ancient Aptera, near Chania.
Part of ancient wall near the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, near Chania.
Ancient inscription of a city decree discovered by the author near the foundations of the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, Chania, following a brief excavation.
Part of the Roman cistern of Aptera.
Man from Sfakia, Crete.
Mantinada, (rhyming couplet), in the dialect of Sfakia.
Remains at ancient Lappa (known as Gaidouropolis in the Ottoman period, today Argyroupolis).
View of Rethymno.
Venetian bridge near the village of Atsipopoulo, Rethymno province.
Ancient coins of Rethymno.
Mantinada (rhyming couplet), composed in the honour of chieftain Glymidis, who came from Loutro, Chania.
Cave of Melidoni.
Part of ancient wall at Axos, Rethymno.
Inscription in Doric dialect found by the author in a church at the village of Stavromenos, on his return trip from Melidoni to Rethymno.
Part of ancient inscription in Doric dialect from Axos, Rethymno.
Ancient coins of Axos.
Silver coin of Axos, in the possession of the Duke of Modena.
Coins of ancient Tylissos.
Traditional song exalting the bravery and heroism of chieftain Theodoros, who was born in Sfakia and fought in Mylopotamos during the Greek Was of Independence.
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.