{"id":123,"date":"2009-03-03T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T12:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/?p=123"},"modified":"2021-02-11T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T06:21:07","slug":"heraklion-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/heraklion-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Heraklion City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Heraklion City<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">HERAKLION, the capital of Crete, is an administrative, industrial and commercial center.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It is the largest city and the capital of Crete.<br \/>\nFor centuries it was known as Candia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Heraklion has many interesting sights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Old Harbor to the left of the busy modern port<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Venetian fortifications, the most important defense work of the Venetian period<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Church of Agios Titos, the patron saint of the island in which his holy skull is kept.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The basilica of San Marco, built by the Venetians and dedicated to their patron saint.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Cathedral of Agios Minas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Loggia, one of the most elegant Venetian buildings in the town, which houses the Town Hall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Vikelaia Library, which contains 80.000 books.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Municipal Market, one of the most picturesque sections of the modern capital of Crete.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The characteristic fountains \u2013 the Morosini, Bembo and Priouli or Delimarkou \u2013 that have adorned the town ever since the Venetian period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Archaeological Museum in Heraklion has one of the finest and richest collections in Greece.<br \/>\nThe exhibits collected from excavations carried out in all parts of Crete come mainly from the prehistoric era and form a valuable record of the artistic, social and economic life of the island during the ancient period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It is also worth visiting the Historical and Ethnographic Museum and the Collection of Byzantine Icons or Museum of Ecclesiastical Arts, which is housed in the basilica of Agia Ekaterini.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A visit to the Historical Museum of Crete will bring to life for you the history and culture of Crete, from the first centuries of the Christian era to our present time. 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