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Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 2700 to 1420 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman ...
Crete: 2014 i, ii, iv, vi (cultural) Spinalonga is a rocky islet off the northeastern coast of Crete. During the Venetian period, a fortress was built to protect the natural port of Elounda. The islet was taken by the Ottomans in the 18th century and it served as a leper colony in the first half of the 20th century. [36] Ancient Towers of the ...
The Messara Plain or simply Messara (Greek: Μεσσαρά) is an alluvial plain in southern Crete, stretching about 50 km west-to-east and 7 km north-to-south, making it the largest plain in Crete. On a hill at its west end are the ruins of Phaistos and Hagia Triada, [1] near the middle are the ruins of the ancient city of Gortys.
Heraklion or Herakleion (/ h ɪ ˈ r æ k l i ə n / hih-RAK-lee-ən; Greek: Ηράκλειο, Irákleio, pronounced), [4] sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit.
Sitia (Latin and Italian) or Siteia (Greek: Σητεία, Siteía) is a port town and a municipality in Lasithi, Crete, Greece.The town has 11,166 inhabitants and the municipality has 20,438 (2021). [2]
Matala (Greek: Μάταλα) is a village located 75 km south-west of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Matala is part of the community of Pitsidia within the municipal unit of Tympaki, Faistos municipality, Heraklion regional unit.
La Crete (/ l ə ˈ k r iː t / lə-KREET), also spelled La Crête, is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within Mackenzie County. [3] It is located on Highway 697 , approximately 57 kilometres (35 mi) southeast of High Level and 701 kilometres (436 mi) north of Edmonton .
Myrtos is a coastal village and a community in the west of the municipality of Ierapetra, in the Regional Unit (previously called prefecture) of Lasithi on the Greek island of Crete. It is located 50 km (31 mi) from Agios Nikolaos and 15 km (9.3 mi) from Ierapetra , on the road to Viannos .