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Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201 U, more commonly known as District 201-U, is a unified public school district located in Crete, Illinois, in the south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area., United States. It serves the communities of Crete, Monee, University Park and portions of Park Forest. The district ...
The main hospital in the city is the General Hospital "Agios Georgios". Other health institutions include the Crete Naval Hospital, the branch of the National Centre for Emergency Medical Care (E.K.A.B.), and the Clinic of Chronic Disease. The Chania branch of the Organisation Against Drugs (Ο.ΚΑ.ΝΑ.) opened in 2003. [44]
The main supply of fat was effectuated by olive oil, which was used not only in salads but also in cooking, unlike the northern European countries which primarily used animal fat. Another essential feature of the Cretan cuisine was the moderate use of alcohol , mainly red wine which accompanied meals.
The archaeological site of Galatas. The Galatas Palace is a Minoan archaeological site on Crete discovered in the early 1990s. Built on a much older settlement, a Minoan palace was constructed in the early Neopalatial Period, sometime after 1700 B.C.E. (MM IIIB).
The village Palailoni is 1 km north of Kefalas. Many old, traditional buildings still remain on the main street which is lined with eucalyptus trees. On the Drapanos side of Palailoni, is a road at 35°25'21.67"N 24°14'21.68"E, which leads down to Ombrosgialos Bay (sometimes called "Octopus Bay"). There is no beach but a concrete ramp for boat ...
Minoan palaces were massive building complexes built on Crete during the Bronze Age. They are often considered emblematic of the Minoan civilization and are modern tourist destinations. [1] Archaeologists generally recognize five structures as palaces, namely those at Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Galatas, and Zakros. Minoan palaces consisted of ...
Museum of Visual Arts in the old St. Mark Basilica. After the Greco-Turkish population exchange in 1924 and the departure of the island's Muslim community, the former mosque came to the hands of the National Bank of Greece, and then to the municipality of Heraklion, [7] and was used at first as a cinema. [6] The minaret was finally torn down in ...
Archanes (Greek: Αρχάνες, Godart & Olivier abbreviation: ARKH) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia, of which it is a municipal unit. [2]