Monuments of Crete

The Venetian Loggia
The Venetian Loggia
The Loggia is considered as one of the most remarkable buildings of the Venetian period in Crete.
Heraklio
Type: Architecture
Time Period: Venetian Period
The Venetian Port and the Lighthouse
The Venetian Port and the Lighthouse
The Venetian PortThe Venetian port of Chania, including the Venetian lighthouse, is one of the symbols of the city and a favourite walking
Chania
Type: Architecture, Lighthouse
Time Period: Venetian Period, Ottoman Period
The Walls of Chania and the Firka fortress
The Walls of Chania and the Firka fortress
The Walls of ChaniaThe city of Chania was surrounded by walls already in the Byzantine era.
Chania
Type: Fortifications, Castle
Time Period: 2nd Byzantine Period, Venetian Period
The windmills of Lassithi Plateau
The windmills of Lassithi Plateau
Perhaps the most typical characteristic of the Lassithi Plateau is its windmills.
Lasithi Plateau
Type: Architecture
Time Period: Ottoman Period, Modern Period
Timios Stavros
Timios Stavros
At an altitude of 2.456 metres, the chapel of the True Cross (Timios Stavros) perpetuates the ancient practice of worship in peak sanctuaries.
Amari
Type: Church
Time Period:
Varsamonero Monastery
Varsamonero Monastery
The Monastery of Varsamonero was one of the most important centres of the Cretan School of Iconography and is related to the Monastery of Vrontisi.
Festos
Type: Abandoned Monastery, Church
Time Period: Venetian Period
Venetian villa De Mezzo
Venetian villa De Mezzo
The Venetian villa Dei Mezzo, also known as the Seragio by local people, is a once three-storied tower located at the village of Etia, which was th
Sitia
Type: Architecture
Time Period: Venetian Period
Venetian walls of the city of Heraklion
Venetian walls of the city of Heraklion
Heraklion had been fortified already in the years of the First Byzantine period (330-840 AD).
Heraklio
Type: Fortifications
Time Period: Venetian Period
Venizelos’ family tombs – Profitis Ilias
Venizelos’ family tombs – Profitis Ilias
On the way to Akrotiri, at a location which offers a magnificent view, one can visit the tombs of Eleftherios and Sofoklis Venizelos.
Chania
Type:
Time Period: Modern Period
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