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Summer cinema in the bastion of Bethlehem
An open cinema within the Venetian walls: our summer addiction
Where did the Mosque go?
Georgia Petrali
One of the most restless spirits of the city that always finds new ways to…
Chronaki House: A noble house without nobles
Lost in oblivion, the magnificent Chronaki House begs for your attention!
Platia Strata
A walk in Agia Triada
Just a few steps away from the busy central market of Heraklion there is another…
Kelly Thoma in the world of the 7 fish
A female lyra player, composer, musician of Crete and of the world. Kelly Thoma is…
Posing in front of the city walls
Gareth Owens & the secrets of the Disk of Phaistos
Every year on the 3rd of July you will find him enjoying a cup of…
A feast of the commons in Heraklion!
Benches and tents lie on the ground dismantled and Georgiadis park gradually returns to its…
Gate of Agios Georgios
New kids on the square
'Kids play' at Eleftherias Square, bringing to life the joyless marbles...

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Katina, Lakkos district, Heraklion

Katina (Lakkos, Heraklion)

Published in "Humans of Crete"

A short documentary about George, a shepherd on Asterousia Mountains

The Shepherd of Asterousia

Published in "Cretan Tales"

The isle of Zeus across Iraklion

Dia* on the canvas

Published in "Snapshot"

Golden hour, in the vineyards of Archanes

Golden hour

Published in "Snapshot"

Farewell August

Farewell August

Published in "Snapshot"

Beyiri is situated on the pedestrian street under Fortezza fortress

"Beyiri", a cooperative grocery store in Rethymno

Published in "Cretan Tales"

‘Self-organization’, ‘autonomy’, ‘horizontal structure’...these terms we hear more and more often in Greece inspired a group of young people in Rethymno to create ‘Beyiri’, a…

Somewhere on a dry slope of Asterousia mountains

Whoever saw a lonely tree...

Published in "Snapshot"

A spongy wallpaper in the sea of Sitia

Underwater chromotherapy

Published in "Snapshot"