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Cretan Windmill
Crete is well known for thousands of white sailed windmills, 10 000 in all. They were used for irrigation. The method of supplying water was designed by Venetian engineers in 1464. The wind mill mechanism, transfers a rotating movement in a vertical one, the rotor drives a piston pump, which allows ...
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Venitian Light House...
Rethymnon , on the north coast of Crete, has been inhabited since the Minoan period around 1400 BC.C. The city flourished under Venetian rule. It has a huge Venetian castle Fortezza, (built in the 16th century) overlooking a harbour and lighthouse. Construction of the Venetion harbour started in 1...
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Spinalogka Crete
Venitian Fortress and deserted leper colony.
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Ritual Bull's Head -...
This museum houses the most important and representative finds of the Minoan civilization. The bull's head vessel is carved from a block of black steatite in the shape of a bull's head. The details of the head are incised, the eyes are inlaid with rock-crystal and jasper, the muzzle is inlaid with ...
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Samaria Gorge
Goat on Cliff Samaria Gorge Crete. The Samaria Gorge in Crete is a national - the longest gorge in Europe. approximately 18 kilometres which begins at the plateau of Omalos. Crosses through the White Mountains and finishes at the tiny village of Aghia Roumeli on the Libyan Sea. Thee gorge is rich...
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Samaria Gorge
Dwelling at Samaria Gorge, Crete. The Samaria Gorge in Crete is a national - the longest gorge in Europe. approximately 18 kilometres which begins at the plateau of Omalos. Crosses through the White Mountains and finishes at the tiny village of Aghia Roumeli on the Libyan Sea. Thee gorge is rich ...
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Snake Goddesses - A...
This museum houses the most important and representative finds of the Minoan civilization. The figurines of the so-called "Snake-Goddess" are from the Palace of Knossos. Typical features of these religious figurines are the upraised or stretched arms wielding the crawling snakes. They ...
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Pomigranites
Growing in Crete
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