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- proper noun The capital city of
Crete ,Greece .
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Examples
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At this salvage site in Iraklion, which will one day be a commercial complex, Starida and her team have excavated Arabic, Byzantine, and Venetian structures, including public buildings, houses, and walls.
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At any given time, there are about 20 salvage excavations being conducted in Iraklion, the largest city on Crete.
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She worked as a curator at the museums of Nafplion, the Acropolis, Olympia, and Iraklion (Crete), and for many years she was an executive of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for the excavations in the ancient Agora and specifically the Stoa of Attalos.
Meet the Team « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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I had visited Knossos and Iraklion during my first trip to Greece in 1982.
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Christos Trigonakis was born in 1987 in Iraklion, Crete.
Meet the Team « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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All roads on Crete eventually lead back to Iraklion, so here I am again.
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Crete may be best known for its ancient Minoan civilization, but the port city of Iraklion is also famous for its well-preserved Venetian walls and fortresses.
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Although flights depart regularly from Athens to Iraklion, many people take an overnight ferry to Crete.
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East of Iraklion lies the village of Elounda, from which visitors can sail to the island of Spinaloga.
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Knossos never fails to astonish and the museum in Iraklion rivals The National Museum in Athens.
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