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View to the Souda bay and Turkish fortress
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Inga
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Crete is a very old place, with layer upon layer of civilization, and accordingly there are many ancient sites all over the island.
Roman and Hellenistic ruins are more widespread but few excavations have been conducted, meaning that most ancient sites do not offer much to see to the visitor. The following places are however worth a visit.
Situated above the bay of Souda, east of Chania, Aptera used to be a very large city in ancient times. It was founded by the Mycenaeans (although there is evidence of late Minoan civilization), enlarged by the Dorians and was used as a settlement until the Byzantine period. The area covered by Aptera is big and only a few excavations have taken place so far. The ruins are from different periods: enormous Roman cisterns, foundations of a Demeter temple, a Dorian temple, a Hellenistic Apollo temple are interspersed with a Byzantine cloister and a large Turkish castle.
The view from Aptera is worth the journey: to the north (from the castle) you can see the whole of the Souda bay and to the south the White Mountains. |
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6 July 2008 |
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