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Dia (Greek: Δία ['ði.a]), also pronounced locally Ntia (Ντία ['di.a]), is an uninhabited island off the northern coast of the Greek island of Crete.The island is 5 km long, 3 km wide and is located approximately 13 km north of Heraklion.
Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 2700 to 1420 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman ...
Name Location Use ICAO IATA Coordinates Heraklion International Airport: Heraklion: Civil/Military LGIR HER Chania International Airport: Chania: Civil/Military
Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared ...
The Bull-Leaping Fresco from Knossos showing bull-leaping, c. 1450 BC; probably, the dark skinned figure is a man and the two light skinned figures are women. The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia.
Bust of El Greco outside the museum. The Museum of El Greco (aka El Greco Museum or Domenikos Theotokopoulos Museum [1]) is located on the edge of the village of Fodele in Crete, west of the city of Heraklion. It celebrates the mannerist painter El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who grew up in the village.
The Late Greek word ‘Panagia’ is defined as ‘Virgin’ in English, [2] and is among the titles of the Virgin Mary in the Eastern Orthodox Church.Although no founding date for the Church of Panagia Kera has been established, historical consensus agrees that the oldest parts of the church, the central nave, its vaulted roof and dome, were constructed and painted in the 13th century. [3]
The Psiloritis is located on the water divide between the southern part of Crete, which drains to the Libyan Sea, and the northern basin facing the Aegean Sea.A saddle at 2,321 m East of the summit connects it with Mount Agathias, [1] while westwards the ridge continues with Mount Stolistra (2,336 m) [8]