Gortyna

Palace Ruins and Hippie Hang Outs

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March 2nd 2008
Yesterday we saw more Minoan palaces. They were pretty neat, but they kinda looked the same. One great thing about them was that they hadn't been restored at all, so they were exactly how the archaeologists found them. I thought that was so cool! It was great seeing Knossos the other day though because they had restored a lot of that, so it was nice to be able to have a picture in my mind of how t ... read more

Europe » Greece » Crete » Heraklion

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more