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Chronaki House: A noble house without nobles
Lost in oblivion, the magnificent Chronaki House begs for your attention!
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Georgiadis park
"Wanna go to the park?" This is a classic line of ‘Herakliotians’ that needs no…
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Gate of Agios Georgios
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Where did the Mosque go?
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Jordi Alsina Iglesias
From Argentona of Catalonia to Crete. A social anthropologist is impressed by the ‘phenomenon’ of…
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The Open Air Markets of Heraklion
Apart from the charity and art bazaars that sprout every once in a while in…
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Minoan Civilization, Creep, and Radiohead
Surrealistic lessons of Minoan history on YouTube
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‘Bains mixtes’ at Heraklion’s portside
Swimming next to the fortress of Koules, diving from the ‘reef of the Monkey’ at…
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The Carnival of Heraklion: a retro flashback sprinkled with confetti & nostalgia
From the Venetian orange battles to the egg fights of 1924, and from the first…
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Ariadne's Thread and the art of "kopaneli" as prêt à porter
Somewhere between New Dehli, London and Heraklion, Akanksha found a new creative crossroad and led…
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Gate with a View
A view from above, in a long lost Heraklion without cars and cement, with the…
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Platia Strata
A walk in Agia Triada
Published in "City Routes"
Just a few steps away from the busy central market of Heraklion there is another city center, forgotten and ignored by the state authorities for…
A walk on the Venetian walls of Heraklion
Published in "City Routes"
The Venetian walls of Heraklion surround the old city, Chandax. What most people don’t know (including locals) is that these walls constitute the largest fortification…