Archaeological Sites of Crete

Ancient Praisos
Ancient Praisos
Ancient Praisos was a major city of the Eteocretans (= “true” or “original” Cretans, the descendants of the Minoans), and one of the most important
Sitia
Type: Ancient City/Town
Time Period: Minoan Era, Geometric-Greek Period, Archaic-Greek Period, Classical-Greek Period, Hellenistic Period
Ancient Rizinia
Ancient Rizinia
A flat-topped elevation known as Patella tou Prinia is located at the eastern foothills of Mount Psiloritis; this is where the remnants of a remark
Gortyna
Type: Ancient City/Town
Time Period: Minoan Era, Geometric-Greek Period, Archaic-Greek Period, Classical-Greek Period, Hellenistic Period
Ancient Syvritos
Ancient Syvritos
Syvritos was acity-state that flourished in Antiquity.
Amari
Type: Ancient City/Town
Time Period: Minoan Era, Geometric-Greek Period, Archaic-Greek Period, Classical-Greek Period, Hellenistic Period, Roman Period
Ancient Tarra
Ancient Tarra
An ancient town which used to stand on the site of the current settlement of Agia Roumeli, on the eastern bank of the stream that flows through Sam
Sfakia
Type: Ancient City/Town
Time Period: Geometric-Greek Period, Archaic-Greek Period, Classical-Greek Period, Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, 1st Byzantine Period
Antiquities of Makris Gialos
Antiquities of Makris Gialos
Minoan Villa at Makris GialosA villa of the Late Minoan I B period was brought to light at the location of Plakakia, west of the settlemen
Ierapetra
Type: Minoan Villa, Architecture
Time Period: Minoan Era, Roman Period
Antiquities of Myrtos
Antiquities of Myrtos
Two remarkable Minoan settlements have been unearthed at the locations of Fournou Korifi and Pyrgos, near the present-day settlement of Myrtos, eas
Ierapetra
Type: Minoan Villa, Minoan Settlement
Time Period: Minoan Era
Archaeological site of Agia Triada
Archaeological site of Agia Triada
The archaeological site of Agia Triada is one of the most remarkable in Crete.
Festos
Type: Minoan Palace
Time Period: Minoan Era, Geometric-Greek Period, Archaic-Greek Period, Classical-Greek Period, Hellenistic Period
Archaeological site of Gortyn
Archaeological site of Gortyn
The archaeological site of Gortyn is located near the present-day village of Agii Deka, very close to the river Mitropolianos (known as Litheos, in
Gortyna
Type: Ancient City/Town
Time Period: Minoan Era, Geometric-Greek Period, Archaic-Greek Period, Classical-Greek Period, Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, 1st Byzantine Period
Archaeological site of Gournia
Archaeological site of Gournia
The ancient town at Gournia prospered in the early Late Minoan period (1600 BC), when it probably had a population of 4.000.
Ierapetra
Type: Minoan Settlement
Time Period: Minoan Era
Archaeological site of Knossos
Archaeological site of Knossos
Knossos, the largest and most brilliant centre of the Minoan civilization, is located 5 kilometres south of the historical centre of th
Heraklio
Type: Minoan Palace, Ancient City/Town
Time Period: Minoan Era
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