Towers of Kourmoulides
The two Towers of Kourmoulides are in Kouses of Festos municipality. The Towers belonged to the Kourmoulis family who were Crypto- Christians and helped Christians…
Spinaloga
The island of the tears and the island of the leppers are some of the characterizations of the beautiful and historical Spinaloga. Spinaloga is in the north of…
Lasithi Archaeological Areas Historical Sites
Venetian Fragokastelo castle
The Venetian Fragokastelo castle is in the Fragokastelo settlement, 12 kilometers in the east of Chora Sfakion, 140 kilometers in the south-west of Heraclion and…
Chania Fortresses
Fortress of Gramvousa
The fortress of Gramvousa is on a steep hill of the Imeri Gramvousa Island, opposite the famous Mpalos beach. The building of the fortress started in 1584 by the…
Chania Fortresses
Fortress of Selinos
The ruins of the fortress of Selinos are on the Fortetza hill, in the south of Palaiochora of Chania. It is a rectangle fortress, as that of Ierapetra, Meramvelo…
Chania Fortresses
Sfakia Fortress
The ruins of the Sfakia fortress are in the northern side of the settlement, on the Kasteli hill, next to a pine forest. The fortress is the last built by the Venetians…
