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2. Grandes (islands) - Wikipedia

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   Grandes (Greek: Γκράντες) is a group of three small islands off the east coast of Crete. Administratively it comes within the Itanos municipality in Lasithi . Grandes can be seen from the Minoan site of Roussolakkos near Palekastro as can the island of Elasa .

3. Spinalonga - Wikipedia

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   Spinalonga (Greek: Σπιναλόγκα) is an island in the Gulf of Elounda, north-eastern Crete, in the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, next to the town of Plaka in the area of Kalydon. It is near the Spinalonga peninsula ("large Spinalonga") – which often causes confusion as the same name is used for both.

4. Crete - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Lazaretta - Wikipedia

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   Lazaretta (Greek: Λαζαρέττα), also called Lazaretto (and alternatively spelled Lazareto), is an uninhabited island close to the northern coast of Crete in the Aegean Sea. It is located near the city of Chania and administratively, it is within the municipality of Chania , in Chania regional unit .

6. Palaiosouda - Wikipedia

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   Palaiosouda (Greek: Παλαιόσουδα, "old Souda"), also known as Marati (Greek: Μαράθι), is an islet located south of the town of Marati, close to Souda Bay in Crete. The islet is a popular diving location. [1]

7. Gramvousa - Wikipedia

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   In 1823, Emmanouil Tombazis, the Greek provisional government's commissioner for Crete, failed to strengthen the defences at Gramvousa when he had the opportunity, soon after his arrival on the island. [8] Towards the summer of 1825, a body of three to four hundred Cretans, who had fought with other Greeks in the Peloponnese, journeyed to Crete ...