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Chania, Crete: City Overview







Despite having been bombed during World War II, Chania is considered one of the most beautiful cities in Crete, especially for its old Venetian port, from the 15th century, and the Mosque of the Janissaries. Most of the buildings have been restored to become hotels, shops or bars. However, the Splantzia neighborhood, behind the port and the Venetian arsenals has been preserved intact and preserves the atmosphere of that time. The Greek cathedral from 1860 is located in a corner, opposite the Catholic cathedral. The Etz Hayyim synagogue, in the Topanás neighborhood, has been restored in recent years, as it had been left almost in ruins after the deportation of the Jewish population from Chania in 1944. A British torpedo boat sank the Tanais, which was carrying the most of the Jewish prisoners. The city also has an archaeological museum, a marine museum and a folklore museum, art galleries and many shops and taverns in the old city. In the new city we can find the university and the town hall.













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On Cruise: from Heraklion to Santorini





So just after the quick stop at Crete, let's go to one of the most iconic places of Greece: Santorini: This is the trip on cruise between the two islands. And later on, images and videos of the famous city of Fira















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Fira, Santorini: City Overview





Firá is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island of Santorini. A traditional settlement, "Firá" derives its name from an alternative pronunciation of "Thíra", the ancient name of the island itself. It's a city of white-washed houses built on the edge of the 400 metres high caldera on the western edge of the semi-circular island of Thera. The town hosts a number of churches, including the Cathedral of Ypapanti and the Three Bells of Fira. Access to Fira is mainly by roads on its eastern side, climbing from its port via the Z-shaped footpath on foot or on donkeys, or by riding the steep cable car from its lower terminal by the port. The central square of Fira is called Plateia Theotokopoulou, with a bus and taxi station, banks, and pharmacies. From Fira there is a panoramic view of the 18 kilometres long caldera from southern Cape Akrotiri to northern Cape Ag. Nikolaos, plus the volcanic island Nea Kameni at the center with Thirassia Island. Large cruise ships anchor in the small harbor between Nea Kameni and Fira.














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Santorini: Fira Cable Car





Following next, also at the Santorini Island, the Fira Cable Car, who connects the ferry port of the coast with the top of the mountain where the city of Fira lies:






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Santorini: Kamari Beach (Black Sand Beach)






Located in one of the small towns of Santorini, Kamari Beach is one of the main destinations on the island. Of volcanic formation, its sand is rocky and of remarkably dark colors.















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Damn you! I was supposed to travel to Greece this past April, visiting Athens, Delphi, Mykonos, Santorini and Crete. This photo tour of yours is hearbreaking but beautiful none-the-less.

I never realized Thessaloniki was so cosmopolitain either!

Hopefully we will all get an opportunity sooner than later to travel again.
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Worry not. Probably, you'll be able to do it in the second half of 2021
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Athens: Parthenon & Acropolis






The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the zenith of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy and Western civilization, and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. To the Athenians who built it, the Parthenon and other Periclean monuments of the Acropolis were seen fundamentally as a celebration of Hellenic victory over the Persian invaders and as a thanksgiving to the gods for that victory. The Parthenon itself replaced an older temple of Athena, which historians call the Pre-Parthenon or Older Parthenon, that was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 480 BC. Like most Greek temples, the Parthenon served a practical purpose as the city treasury. For a time, it served as the treasury of the Delian League, which later became the Athenian Empire. In the final decade of the 6th century AD, the Parthenon was converted into a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. After the Ottoman conquest, it was turned into a mosque in the early 1460s. On 26 September 1687, an Ottoman ammunition dump inside the building was ignited by Venetian bombardment during a siege of the Acropolis. The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon and its sculptures. From 1800 to 1803, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin removed some of the surviving sculptures, now known as the Elgin Marbles, with the alleged permission of the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
















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