Greece
Home to the Cretan vendetta, Sfakia is where you will see tight lipped Cretans dressed in black.
MAINLAND OF SFAKIA
Home to the Cretan vendetta, Sfakia is where you will see tight lipped Cretans dressed in black. The fighting attitude of the inhabitants deployed through history, since they were actively and decisively involved in all the revolution of the Greek nation.
The Fountain of the Lions or "Lions" is one of the central parts of the city. It is well known except by locals and foreigners. The fountain was built in 1628 by General Provisioner Francesco Morosini to help supply water to the city, which suffered from water scarcity.
The National Gallery has in its collections more than 17.000 works of painting, sculpture, engravings and other forms of art, and is the treasury of the recent Greek artistic creativity, covering a timespan from the metabyzantine days up to our days.
Virtual tour: What was Candia (Heraklio) like in 1640? The video shows Candia from Rocca a mare, Rouga Maistra, Agios Titos, the square of Sitira and the fountain of Morosini, the Volton Gate, the temples and monasteries of St. Francis,
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