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JUDITH LANGE MARIA STEFOSSI awake your senses DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN <strong>CRETE</strong> Eastern Crete - Book One Publication of this book has been made possible thanks to Gina Mamidakis, President of the G.& A. Foundation and bluegr Mamidakis Hotels group, and long-time patron of culture and the arts. The book is dedicated to those ever-curious travellers who wish to learn more of the beautiful region of eastern Crete. © copyright text and photographs by Judith Lange - Maria Stefossi © copyright edition by the G.& A. Foundation and bluegr Mamidakis hotels group. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the authors.
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of the Minoans: the Throne Room wit
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man, joined the rebels and fled to
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In the Middle Minoan period Gournia
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The best way to discover the beauty
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Decidedly more interesting is the a
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The Venetian Castle overlooking the
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C H A P T E R 4 Traces of the ancie
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C H A P T E R 4 The Minoans from wa
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C H A P T E R 4 The dominion of the
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C H A P T E R 4 The Venetian feudal
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The palace at Etia with its two sma
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C H A P T E R 4 Salomons, the famil
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C H A P T E R 4 In the silent villa
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C H A P T E R 4 Along the coast of
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C H A P T E R 4 The Venetian style
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C H A P T E R 4 The island of Koufo
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PEAK SANCTUARIES MONI TOPLOU ITANOS
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Which deities were worshipped at th
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Archaeologists have also found bron
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Inside the monastery the monks have
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The landscape appears increasingly
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crumbled and the few survivors with
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Turning right just before the entra
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Turning back towards Karydi and fol
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out before an eternally calm sea sh
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the treasury, the megaron of the ki
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Following the shoreline, one notes
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Glossary Acropolis - Ashlar-work -
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