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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…
Posing in front of the city walls
100+1 years
Charles Weber and the "charming chaos" of Heraklion
Charles Weber is Swiss but lives in Crete for the past 10 years more or…
Gareth Owens & the secrets of the Disk of Phaistos
Every year on the 3rd of July you will find him enjoying a cup of…
Jordi Alsina Iglesias
From Argentona of Catalonia to Crete. A social anthropologist is impressed by the ‘phenomenon’ of…
Gate of Agios Georgios
The Lakkos Project: from oblivion to creation
The narrow lanes of Lakkos - the erstwhile infamous district of Heraklion - are recently…
A walk on the Venetian walls of Heraklion
The Venetian walls of Heraklion surround the old city, Chandax. What most people don’t know…
Project: Chaos
Efthimis Mohianakis: painter, graffiti & tattoo artist
We all knew Efthimis as a graffiti artist that has left his personal ‘signature’ in…
Platia Strata

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Photo by R. Behaeddin, shot in the times of the Cretan State

Gate of Agios Georgios

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Photo by Gerola (1900-1905)

The lost temple of the Conqueror

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Morosini fountain after the Turkish 'intervention'

Morosini Fountain behind bars

Published in "Once upon a time..."

The Venetian walls of Heraklion

Posing in front of the city walls

Published in "Once upon a time..."

The port of Heraklion (1911)||

100+1 years

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Strata Larga through the eyes of Fred Boissonas (1920)||

Platia Strata

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Photographs of Turkish-Cretan photographer R. Behaeddin, shot during the period of the Cretan State (1898-1913)||

Where did the Mosque go?

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Photograph taken by the Cretan-Turkish photographer R. Behaeddin during the period of the Cretan State (1898-1913)||

Gate with a View

Published in "Once upon a time..."

A view from above, in a long lost Heraklion without cars and cement, with the Turkish Sebil...