Archaeological Museum of Chania information

The Archaeological Museum of Chania (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Χανίων) is a museum that was located in the former Venetian Monastery of Saint Francis...

source of the English word "quince". Some notable archaeological evidence for the existence of this Minoan city below some parts of today's Chania was found...

shifted to Chania in the west of the island. An earthquake located off the northern coast of Crete on October 12, 1856, destroyed most of the over 3,600...

View of Gortyn Archaeological site of Phaistos Ruins of the Palace of Knossos Archeological Museum of Chania Archaeological Museum of Chania Crete Naval...

Greek-Swedish Excavations at Chaniá, Stockholm 2000. Marie-Louise Winbladh, Adventures of an archaeologist. Memoirs of a museum curator, AKAKIA Publications...

War Museum of Chania is planned a museum in Chania, Crete, Greece, a branch of the War Museum of Athens. Part of the Firkas Fortress in Chania has been...

image of a bull-headed man has been found, a tiny Minoan sealstone currently held in the Archaeological Museum of Chania. In the Classical period of Greece...

Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete. It is notable for the remains of a Minoan palace and...

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Age archaeological site in Crete. The site was a major center of the Minoan civilization and is known for its association with the Greek myth of Theseus...

sculpture (Heraklion Archaeological Museum) Female canonical type, early work of the Spedos variety (Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art) Head of a female figure...

also Zakro or Kato Zakro) is a Minoan archaeological site on the eastern coast of Crete. It is regarded as one of the five Minoan palaces, and its protected...

traditional cuisine of the Mediterranean island of Crete. The core of the Cretan cuisine consists of food derived from plants, whereas food of animal origin...

is considered to be the most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra, an ancestor of most European bowed instruments. The lyra is held vertically...

"Toward a Definition of 'Post-Byzantine' Art: The Angleton Collection at the Princeton University Art Museum". Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University...

ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania on the island of Crete in Greece. The city is known from archaeological remains dating back to the Minoan...

of museums in Greece by regional unit. Archaeological Acropolis Museum Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos Epigraphical Museum Goulandris Museum of Cycladic...

fortress, in the town of Sitia. Gorge of the Dead (at Kato Zakros). Archaeological Museum of Sitia. Folkor[clarification needed] Museum of Sitia. Various archeological...

municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km (28 mi) away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality...

Ephesos in 1919) as a member of a folk-group founded by Kostas Papadakis in Chaniá in 1945, Antonis Katinaris (also based in Chaniá), and the Rethymnon-based...

Rizitika songs (Greek: Ριζίτικα τραγούδια) are the oldest type of Cretan music. They mainly originate from Western Crete, but are also widespread in central...

charging the Venetian authorities of corruption and sent the report to Chania for dispatch to Venice. The authorities at Chania imprisoned the Sfakian who brought...

Philosopher of Elyrus, was recovered here and is now in the Archaeological Museum of Chania. During Byzantine times, Elyrus was the seat of an Archbishop...

exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Chania. Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 329, 330. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman...