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History of Crete

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History of Crete

We didn't know that much about Crete when we moved here, but now we have found that it has an amazingly rich history. Two of the biggest events were the battle for Crete in the Second World War, and a whole series of uprisings against Turkish rule during the 1800s, including a major rebellion in 1866. Here are the posts we wrote prior to September 2007 about the History of Crete.

• Road Trip Day #8: Gortyn
• Road Trip Day #4: Flying boat crash in Elounda bay
• Road Trip Day #4: Elounda, Plaka and Spinalonga Island
• Visiting Galatas on May 21st
• Road Trip Day #1: Anogia in World War II
• Apostle Titus church in Iraklio
• Locating the German war memorial at Germaniko Pouli with Google Earth
• Canéa
• Anaynostes Skalides statue in Plateia 1866
• Flying the flag
• Kostaros Voloudakis statue in Plateia 1866
• Kapetan Mavios Milonoyiannis statue in Plateia 1866
• Konstantinos Kriaris statue in Plateia 1866
• Ioannis Zymsrakakis statue Plateia 1866
• Vasileios Chalis statue in Plateia 1866
• 1866 and all that
• Germaniko Pouli War Memorial in Hania's Maritime Museum
• The Battle of Crete exhibition at Hania's Maritime Museum of Crete
• The Maritime Museum of Crete
• The Monument of the Hand
• Flying the German flag in Crete
• Archaeological Museum in Hania
• How Germaniko Pouli got its name