Crete-Discover the Unknown Crete

Hellenistic-Roman period. Continuing along
the road towards the east, after a few
kilometres one comes to Ayia Photia, one
of the largest
Minoan
necropolises
on the island,
with 252
tombs, some
cut into the
rock, some in
the form of
tholoi. Next to the necropolis, on the crest of
a low hill, a large fortified Minoan villa from
the Middle Minoan period has been
Sitia is surrounded
by Minoan
settlements, rural
villas and
cemeteries dating
from the Middle
Minoan period to
the time when the
Eteocretans took
refuge in the
mountain of
eastern Crete
uncovered with 37 rooms and two circular
structures: even if the archaeological
remains are little but outlines, the place has
its own particular fascination, between the
blue of the sea and rocks overrun with a
blanket of succulents with bright purple
flowers.
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