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Chania (Greek: Χανιά, Khaniá, pronounced ⓘ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete , about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion .
[9] On the night of the 11th of January 2021 the National Observatory of Athens station in Falasarna recorded a stunning temperature of 28.3 °C due to strong Föhn winds while the minimum temperature for that day was 22.6 °C marking both the highest January temperature during a night and the highest January minimum temperature ever recorded ...
The Chania prefecture (Greek: Νομός Χανίων) was created while Crete was still an autonomous state, and was preserved after the island joined Greece in 1913. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the Chania regional unit was created out of the former prefecture.
On 17 September 2024, a two-seater plane with three French people on board crashed into the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines due to the weather; two days later the three bodies and their plane wreckage were found. [28] [29] On 18 September 2024, the Emilia Romagna began red alert for heavy rains. The Tuscany region peaked at orange alert.
Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. It is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing number of tourists.
Heraklion or Herakleion (/ h ɪ ˈ r æ k l i ə n / hih-RAK-lee-ən; Greek: Ηράκλειο, Irákleio, pronounced), [4] sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit.
The Ottomans first landed 15 miles west of Chania, and the local militia fled before them. They besieged the city for 56 days, and it fell on 22 August after the walls on the southwestern part of the city were breached. [3] [4] After the siege, the Ottomans restored the breached walls, and later modernized and renovated them. Chania remained ...