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View of Loutro, sea-side village at Sfakia, Chania province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Houses, Human types, Loutro (Chania), Views

Monastery of Arkadi, Rethymno province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Crete, Greece, Monasteries, Religious practices, Rethymno, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

The house the author stayed at during his trip to Asomatoi, Rethymno province.

Tags: Asomatos, Author portraits, British, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Rethymno, Robert Pashley, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Writing tools

Coins of ancient Priansos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Priansos, Priansus

Inscription of ancient Priansos, seen and transcribed by the author at Toplou monastery, Sitia province.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Crete, Greece, Inscriptions, Lasithi, Priansos, Sitia

Gorge at Arvi, near Heraklion.

Tags: Arvi, Crete, Gorge of Arvi, Gorges, Greece, Heraklion, Natural environment

Ancient coins of Hierapetra.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Crete, Greece, Hierapetra, Lasithi

Landscape at Almyros river, near Heraklion.

Tags: Almyros river, Architecture and built environment, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Houses, Natural environment, Rivers

Cretan love mantinada (rhyming couplet).

Tags: Crete, Cultural activities, Greece, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs

Cretan love mantinada (rhyming couplet).

Tags: Crete, Cultural activities, Greece, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs

Cretan peasant.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Shoes and footwear

Monastery of Hagios Georgios Epanosifis, Heraklion province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Metaxochori (Crete), Monasteries, Monastery of Hagios Georgios Epanosifis (Heraklion), Religious practices, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

Remains of ancient wall, probably of the Minoan age on Mount Youchtas, Heraklion province.

Tags: Archanes, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Minoan monuments, Mount Youchtas, Mountains, Walls

Coins of Knossos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Jewellery, Knossos, Labyrinth (Knossos), Minotaurus, Women

Inscription on fountain of the Venetian era, Heraklion.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Inscriptions, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

Coins of Knossos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Jewellery, Knossos, Labyrinth (Knossos), Women

The fountain of Bebo at Kornaros square, Heraklion, Crete. The fountain was built between 1552 and 1554 by captain Gianmatteo Bebo. It bears a Venetian coat of arms. At the centre, statue of the Roman era.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bebo Fountain (Heraklion), Coats of arms – Emblems, Crete, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Heraklion, Irrigation systems, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

View of the port of Heraklion.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Views

Traditional song exalting the bravery and heroism of chieftain Theodoros, who was born in Sfakia and fought in Mylopotamos during the Greek Was of Independence.

Tags: Crete, Cultural activities, Greece, Greek War of Independence, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs

Coins of ancient Tylissos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Jewellery, Tylissos

Silver coin of Axos, in the possession of the Duke of Modena.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Axos (Rethymno), Coins, Crete, Greece, Rethymno

Ancient coins of Axos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Axos (Rethymno), Coins, Crete, Greece, Rethymno

Part of ancient inscription in Doric dialect from Axos, Rethymno.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Axos (Rethymno), Crete, Greece, Inscriptions, Rethymno

Inscription in Doric dialect found by the author in a church at the village of Stavromenos, on his return trip from Melidoni to Rethymno.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Crete, Greece, Inscriptions, Monasteries, Rethymno, Stavromenos

Part of ancient wall at Axos, Rethymno.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Axos (Rethymno), Crete, Greece, Rethymno, Walls

Cave of Melidoni.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Cave of Melidoni, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Melidoni, Natural environment, Rethymno, Smoking

Mantinada (rhyming couplet), composed in the honour of chieftain Glymidis, who came from Loutro, Chania.

Tags: Chania, Crete, Cultural activities, Greece, Music, Sfakia, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs

Ancient coins of Rethymno.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Crete, Greece, Rethymno

Venetian bridge near the village of Atsipopoulo, Rethymno province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Atsipopoulo, Atsipopoulo bridge, Bridges, Crete, Greece, Natural environment, Rethymno, Venetian architecture

View of Rethymno.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Houses, Human types, Rethymno, Views, Walls

Remains at ancient Lappa (known as Gaidouropolis in the Ottoman period, today Argyroupolis).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argyroupoli (anc. Lappa), Art and antiquities, Crete, Greece, Natural environment, Rethymno

Mantinada, (rhyming couplet), in the dialect of Sfakia.

Tags: Chania, Crete, Cultural activities, Greece, Music, Sfakia, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs

Man from Sfakia, Crete.

Tags: Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Sfakia, Social sphere and everyday life, Weapons

Part of the Roman cistern of Aptera.

Tags: Akrotiri (Chania), Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Crete, Greece, Irrigation systems, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Ancient inscription of a city decree discovered by the author near the foundations of the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, Chania, following a brief excavation.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Art and antiquities, Crete, Excavations, Greece, Inscriptions, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera)

Part of ancient wall near the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, near Chania.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Walls

Part of wall of the Hellenistic or the Roman period at ancient Aptera, near Chania.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Greece, Hellenistic architecture, Hellenistic monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Walls

View of the bay and fortress of Souda.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Chania, Crete, Fortress of Souda, Greece, Natural environment, Souda, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

View of the monastery of Katholikon, or Monastery of Saint John the Hermit, Chania province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Katholikon monastery (Crete), Monasteries, Natural environment, Religious practices

The cave in which Saint John the Hermit slept, according to tradition. It is situated near the monastery of Katholikon, or Monastery of Saint John the Hermit, Chania province.

Tags: Cave of Saint John the Hermit (Crete), Caves, Chania, Crete, Greece, Katholikon monastery (Crete), Monasteries, Natural environment, Religious practices

The monastery of Agia Triada Tzagarolon at Akrotiri peninsula, near the city of Chania.

Tags: Akrotiri (Chania), Architecture and built environment, Cemeteries, Crete, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Hagia Triada Tzagarolon (Chania), Religious practices, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

Map of Chania.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Chania, Crete, Grand Arsenal / Venetian shipyards (Chania), Greece, Lighthouses, Maps, Shipyards

Relief and inscription on a building of the Venetian era at the town of Chania. At the time of the author's visit, it had been converted into a milirary hospital by Ottoman commander Mehmet Ali.

Tags: Chania, Crete, Greece, History, Inscriptions, Lion of Venice, Reliefs, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian monuments

View of Chania.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Chania, Crete, Grand Arsenal / Venetian shipyards (Chania), Greece, Houses, Mosques, Shipyards, Views

Title page of the first volume of the edition.

Tags: Title page

View of Chania.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Views

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