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Zakros - Kato Zakros, Eastern Crete |
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Zakros (Greek: Ζάκρος) is a site on the eastern coast of the island of Crete (in modern-day Greece) containing ruins from the Minoan civilization. The site is often known to archaeologists as Zakro or Kato Zakro. It is believed to have been one of the four main administrative centers of the Minoans, and its protected harbor and strategic location made it an important commercial hub for trade to the east.
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Last Updated ( Τρίτη, 10 Μάρτιος 2009 )
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Itanos Municipality, Eastern Crete |
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Itanos Municipality, Eastern Crete
The visitor can not get bored in the Municipality of Itanos. The nature endowed this area with a rare wild beauty, bare rocks and mountains full of herbs and spices. With virgin beaches and golden sand, with canyons and mystic caves, with archeological sites marked by history and glory, with the lost civilizations that passed the myth and made the history.
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Last Updated ( Τρίτη, 10 Μάρτιος 2009 )
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Palekastro, Eastern Crete-Properties and houses |
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Palekastro, Eastern Crete
Palékastro (also transliterated as Palaikastro; Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK) is a small village at the east end of the mediterranean island Crete. It stands on historical soil. Already at Minoan times the region was a centre of trade. The port of Itanos which is today several meters under the water line shows an impressive certification. The very extensive Minoan commercial settlement, Roussolakkos, close to the Chiona beach, excavated by English archaeologists, proves that the region was obviously one of the most important commercial centres of the Minoan culture in the extreme east of the island of Crete.
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Last Updated ( Παρασκευή, 13 Μάρτιος 2009 )
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