Panagaia Kera church

Ancient sites and a couple modern ones

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March 6th 2008
Well on Monday we got to sleep in, which was amazing, before we got started seeing more sites. We went to a historical museum which was ok. It didn't really have anything that was super exciting, but it wasn't boring either, especially because Olin was telling us about everything there. One cool exhibit that was there was all about Nikos Kazanzakis. We are reading "Christ Recrucified" by him and 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