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Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno
Crafts and daily life in a Venetian house.
Museen · Rethymno
Geschichte & Kultur
Minoan palaces, museums, monasteries, castles
Crete was the centre of the Minoan civilisation, Europe’s first advanced Bronze Age culture, and later ruled by Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans. You can walk through Minoan palaces in the morning, a Venetian harbour at lunchtime and a monastery that symbolises Cretan independence in the afternoon.
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Arsani Monastery
A monastery near Stavromenos.
Kirchen & Klöster · Rethymno
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Antifonitria Monastery
An old monastery with frescoes in Myriokefala.
Kirchen & Klöster · Agios Vasileios
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Attali Monastery
A monastery with sea views near Bali.
Kirchen & Klöster · Mylopotamos
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Cretan Lyra Museum
A lyra workshop and small museum.
Museen · Rethymno
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Zoniana Wax Museum
Cretan history in wax figures.
Museen · Anogia
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Military Museum of Chromonastiri
Military history in a Venetian villa.
Museen · Rethymno
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Church of the Four Martyrs
Rethymno's largest church.
Kirchen & Klöster · Rethymno
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Paleontological Museum
Fossils in an old mosque.
Museen · Rethymno
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Vossakos Monastery
A Venetian era monastery.
Kirchen & Klöster · Mylopotamos
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Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
Modern Greek art in the old town.
Museen · Rethymno
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Asomaton Monastery
A monastery in the Amari valley.
Kirchen & Klöster · Amari
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Agios Nikolaos in Kotsifou Gorge
A tiny church in a rock.
Kirchen & Klöster · Agios Vasileios
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Wooden Sculptures Museum
Carvings in Zoniana.
Museen · Anogia
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Marine Museum of Rethymno
Shells and sea life for kids.
Museen · Rethymno
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Georgoulakis Museum
A priest's collection in Asomatos.
Museen · Agios Vasileios
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Panagia Charakiani
An important church near Panormo.
Kirchen & Klöster · Mylopotamos
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Apodoulou Minoan Settlement
A Minoan settlement on a pass to the Messara.
Ausgrabungsstätten · Amari