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Posing in front of the city walls
Summer cinema in the bastion of Bethlehem
An open cinema within the Venetian walls: our summer addiction
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…
Chronaki House: A noble house without nobles
Lost in oblivion, the magnificent Chronaki House begs for your attention!
Dan Perjovschi, timelessness, ephemerality and "Mesogeios"
Dan Perjovschi is an artist whose work has been exhibited in the most important Biennale…
‘Bains mixtes’ at Heraklion’s portside
Swimming next to the fortress of Koules, diving from the ‘reef of the Monkey’ at…
Gate with a View
A view from above, in a long lost Heraklion without cars and cement, with the…
A walk in Agia Triada
Just a few steps away from the busy central market of Heraklion there is another…
A feast of the commons in Heraklion!
Benches and tents lie on the ground dismantled and Georgiadis park gradually returns to its…
The lost temple of the Conqueror
A walk on the Venetian walls of Heraklion
The Venetian walls of Heraklion surround the old city, Chandax. What most people don’t know…
Charles Weber and the "charming chaos" of Heraklion
Charles Weber is Swiss but lives in Crete for the past 10 years more or…

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Morosini fountain after the Turkish 'intervention'

Morosini Fountain behind bars

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Colors in the ruins. And suddenly, they are brought back to life!|Noble house of Bey Shekeria|Palmeti fountain next to a "paste-up"|Ntentidakidon street|19th century architecture at Mavrogenous str.|The old hamam in Bey Shekeria noble house|The small lane you have to take in order to get to noble house of Bey Shekeria

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…

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..."

Restless and constantly moving: meet Georgia Petrali!||

Georgia Petrali

Published in "City People"

One of the most restless spirits of the city that always finds new ways to tackle our cultural lethargy. Founder of 'Fysalida', a vivid dance…

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

Platia Strata

Published in "Once upon a time..."

"Ta Kritika", the book cover||

Jordi Alsina Iglesias

Published in "City People"

From Argentona of Catalonia to Crete. A social anthropologist is impressed by the ‘phenomenon’ of Cretan music, writes his phd thesis for the University of…

New kids on the square

New kids on the square

Published in "City Docs"

'Kids play' at Eleftherias Square, bringing to life the joyless marbles...