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  2. Crete - Wikipedia

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    Crete ( / kriːt / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete rests about 160 km (99 mi) south of the ...

  3. Santorini - Wikipedia

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    Stoa Basilica of ancient Thera Aerial view of the island of Santorini with detail of Profitis Ilias (Santorini) and the ruins of ancient Thera (on the promontory on the left) The Minoan eruption provides a fixed point for the chronology of the second millennium BC in the Aegean, because evidence of the eruption occurs throughout the region and ...

  4. Heraklion Archaeological Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece [1] and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete. It is normally referred to scholarship in English as "AMH" (for ...

  5. Spinalonga - Wikipedia

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    A view of the Venetian fortifications. Today, the uninhabited island is a popular tourist attraction in Crete. In addition to the abandoned leper colony and the fortress, Spinalonga is known for its small pebble beaches and shallow waters. The island can easily be accessed from Plaka, Elounda and Agios Nikolaos. Tourist boats depart from all ...

  6. Greece fires – live: Red alert for Crete as British tourists ...

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    Satellite images show spread of wildfire in Rhodes island between 20 and 23 July 04:25 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Satellite images show the spread of wildfire in Rhodes, Greece, between 20 to 23 July ...

  7. History of Crete - Wikipedia

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    The Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe. During the Iron Age, Crete developed an Ancient Greece -influenced organization of city-states, then successively became part of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Venetian Republic, the Ottoman Empire, an autonomous state, and the modern state of Greece.

  8. Lefka Ori - Wikipedia

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    Lefka Ori ( Greek: Λευκά Όρη, meaning 'White Mountains') or Madares ( Μαδάρες from the Cretan Greek μαδαρός meaning 'without coverage, bald, bare of any vegetation for high mountain areas') is a mountain range located in Western Crete, in the Chania prefecture. The White Mountains or Lefka Ori occupy a large part of the ...

  9. Phourni - Wikipedia

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    Phourni is located at 70100 Epano Archanes, Heraklion, Greece—located on a hill in north-central Crete. [1] Phourni can be seen from Mount Juktas. It is a small hill situated northwest of Archanes, between Archanes and Kato Archanes. Phourni is reachable from a signed scenic path that starts at Archanes. It was an important site for Minoan ...

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