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ARCHAELOGOCAL MUSEUM OF HERAKLEION It houses the most important and representative finds of the Minoan civilization. The foundation of the first museum (1904-1912)

KNOSSOS Knossos is the site of the most important and better known palace of Minoan civilization.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF RETHYMNON Since 1991, the Archaeological Museum of Rethymnon has been housed in the pentagonal building opposite the main gate of the Fortetsa.

ANCIENT ELEUTHERNA Ancient Eleutherna is located at a distance of around 30 km. to the SE of Rethymnon and occupies two long, narrow ridges, called Pyrgi and Nissi.

HISTORICAL AND FOLK MUSEUM OF RETHYMNON The Rethymnon Historical and Folk Art Museum is a private institution founded in 1973 by Mrs. Faly G. Voyatzakis and the late Christophoros I. Stavrou.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF CHANIA The museum is housed in the katholikon of the Venetian monastery of St. Francis.

NAUTICAL MUSEUM OF CRETE The Museum was inaugurated on the 27th May 1973, date of the 32nd anniversaryof the Battle of Crete.

HISTORICAL AND FOLK MUSEUM OF GAVALOHORI The Museum was founded in 1967 and was inaugurated in September 1993.

BYZANTINE AND POST-BYZANTINE COLLECTION OF CHANIA The wealth of archaeological material yielded by excavations conducted over many years by the 13th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities i

APTERA Aptera was founded in the Geometric period, although the city is mentioned in the Linear B tablets found at Knossos (A-pa-ta-wa).

KYDONIA (ANCIENT CHANIA) Chania, identified with the ancient city of Kydonia, was one of the most important cities of the Minoan period. S

TOMB IN MATHIOULAKI'S PLOT The tomb belongs to the cemetery of the Hellenistic city of Kydonia and attests the relations of the city with Hellenistic Alexandria.

HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF CRETE The Museum is housed in a neoclassical building which belongs to the Philanthropic Institutions A. and M. Kalokairinou.

COLLECTION OF ST CATHERINE OF SINAI The Agia Aikaterine of Sinai Monastery, which originally was a dependency of the Monastery of the same name on Mount Sinai

KAZANTZAKIS MUSEUM The Kazantzakis Museum is situated in Varvaroi, approximately 20 km. to the south of Herakleion.

MUSEUM OF CRETAN ETHNOLOGY The Museum of Cretan Ethnology is situated 2 km from the Minoan palace of Phaestos, in the traditional settlement of Voroi.

PHAISTOS Phaistos was one of the most important centres of Minoan civilization, and the most wealthy and powerful city in southern Crete.

AMNISSOS The first habitation in the area of Palaiochora (Amnissos) dates from the Middle Minoan period (19th century B.C.).

CAVE OF EILEITHYIA Eileithyia was a goddess that protected childbirth and this cave was the most important place of her worship.

TYLISSOS The houses of Tylissos were built during the LM I period (16th-15th century B.C.). Additions were made on House A in the LM II (15th-14th century B.C.

GORTYN Gortyn was first inhabited at the end of the Neolithic period (3000 B.C.) and flourished much later, in the Late Minoan period (1600-1100 B.C.)

MALIA Human presence at Malia during the Neolithic period (6000-3000 B.C.) is attested only by potsherds.

AGHIA TRIADA Remains of a settlement and graves proove that the site was inhabited as early as the 3rd millenium B.C.

LEBENA The first habitation of the site dates from the Neolithic and Early Minoan period (3rd millenium B.C.).

MINOAN MEGARON AT VATHYPETRO The Minoan villa at Vathypetro was most likely the residence of a local ruler. Its architecture is comparable to that of a "Little Palace":

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF IERAPETRA The museum was founded at the end of the 19th century, during the Turkish occupation of Crete and was housed in several buildings in the past.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF SETEIA The Archaeological Museum of Seteia contains the most important finds from eastern Crete.

THE MONASTERY OF TOPLOU It is an historical monastery of the 15th century, which collapsed in the earthquake of 1612 and was rebuilt with the financial aid of the Venetians.

ZAKROS The palace at Zakros is the fourth in terms of size, among the Minoan palaces.

THE CAVE OF PSYCHRO The cave of Psychro is one of the most important cult places of Minoan Crete.

GOURNIA Gournia - the ancient name of which is not known - is the most characteristic of the excavated medium-size settlements.

LATO Lato was one of the most important Doric city-states in Crete, although it must have existed before the "Coming of the Dorians".

VASILIKE The settlement of Vasilike is one of the first Minoan settlements with town-planning.

PALAIKASTRO At the northernmost edge of the eastern coast of Crete lie the ruins of a settlement which flourished during the Late Minoan period (1550-1220 B.C.).

CHURCH OF PANAGHIA KERA The original aisleless church with cupola was built in the 13th century and it was dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin.

POLYRHENIA Important Hellenistic city which also flourished in the Roman period.

PHALASARNA Important harbour of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, of which remarkable installations have been preserved.

MPELENI CASTLE POPULAR MUSEUM Mpeleni castle lies in Rethymnon old town.

NEORIA EXHIBITION CENTER NEORIA public exhibition center is located in the Old Town of Hania. The exhibition space, a converted 15th century vaulted Venetian shipyard.

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