IRÁKLION

ēräˈklēôn or Candiakănˈdēə, city (1991 pop. 116,178), capital of Crete governorate and Iráklion prefecture, N Crete, Greece, a port on the Sea of Crete. It is the largest city on Crete and ships wine, olive oil, raisins, and almonds. Tourism is especially important to the city. Iráklion was founded (9th cent.) by the Muslim Saracens. In 961 it was conquered by the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus II, and in the 13th cent. it became a Venetian colony. The Venetians, who named the city Candia, fortified it and improved its port. In 1669 it was captured by the Ottoman Turks after a two-year siege. It was the capital of Crete until 1841, and in 1913 it passed to Greece. Iráklion has a museum of Minoan antiquities that were excavated at the site of ancient Knossos, just outside the city. Among Iráklion's historic monuments are a cathedral, several mosques, and remains of Venetian walls and fortifications.

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books on: IrAklion  - 46 results

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The Art of Crete and Early Greece: The Prelude to Greek Art
Book by Friedrich Matz, Ann E. Keep; Greystone Press, 1962
Subjects: Art, Cretan--History, Art, Minoan, Art, Mycenaean--History
...of 15th or early 14th cent. B.C. Iraklion. Height of scenes approx. 15 cm. Cf...red and green. Approx. 1600 B.C. Iraklion. Height 1.89 m. Cf. p. 114 . 3...red and brown. 16th cent. B.C. Iraklion. Height 24 cm. Cf. p. 114 . 4. Bronze...
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Crete: A Case Study of an Underdeveloped Area
Book by Leland G. Allbaugh, George Soule; Princeton University Press, 1953
Subjects: Crete (Greece)--Social Conditions
centered on Iraklion and Suda Bay, two main ports being...Director of Public Works for Crete, the Iraklion port had made a rapid recovery, the...exports and 30,000 imports. This Iraklion harbor has 500 yards of quays for caiques...
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The Oxford History of the Crusades
Book by Jonathan Riley-Smith; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Crusades
...fortifying the main towns, as the castle and walls at Iraklion, or Candia as it was then known, and the huge...they had overrun the whole of Crete except for Iraklion. The siege of Iraklion lasted for a further twenty-one years, and the...
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The Nazi Occupation of Crete, 1941-1945
Book by G. C. Kiriakopoulos; Praeger, 1995
Subjects: Crete (Greece)--History--Occupation, 1941-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Greece--Crete
...Duncan-Moore commando team in the raid on Iraklion airfield, up to their final farewell in Iraklion-- Kapetan George Petergeorge continued...a businessman in peacetime. He moved to Iraklion and built factories in order to provide...
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A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey
Book by Clyde E. Fant, Mitchell G. Reddish; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Bible--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Greece--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Turkey--Antiquities--Guidebooks
...Testament book of Titus. Furthermore, Iraklion possesses an archaeological mu- seum...automobile, or by taking a bus from Iraklion to Moires/Mires. (Bus station B...and taxi can easily make the loop from Iraklion to Gortyna to Phaistos.
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Lévi-Strauss in the Nation-State
Journal article by Michael Herzfeld; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 98, 1985
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Linguistics 197:5- 31. Vlastos, Pavlos G. 1909 O Dhiyenis: arkheos yighas ke meghas iros tis Kritis . In O kritikos laos (Iraklion), pp. 12-16. Zambelios, Sp. 1852 Dhimodhi asmata tis Elladhos . Corfu: Ermis. Indiana University Bloomington
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Incipient Continental Collision and Plate-boundary Curvature: Late Pliocene-holocene Transtensional Hellenic Forearc, Crete, Greece
Journal article by Johan H. Ten Veen, Karen L. Kleinspehn; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 160, 2003
Subjects: Crete, Geography, Greece, Plate tectonics, Stone
...strong uplift along 100degrees fault zones developed roughly east-west-striking topographical highs (e.g. Central Iraklion Ridge) and adjacent deep-marine basins. Their Tortonian-Messinian deposits locally overlie the Hellenide metamorphic...
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Nuclear-mitochondrial Epistasis and Drosophila Aging: Introgression of Drosophila Simulans Mtdna Modifies Longevity in D. Melanogaster Nuclear Backgrounds
Journal article by David M. Rand, Adam Fry, Lea Sheldahl; Genetics, Vol. 172, 2006
Subjects: Age, Aging, Amino acids, DNA repair, DNA, Mitochondrial, Genetic engineering, Mitochondrial DNA
...with D. melanogaster Oregon-R chromosomes and D. simulons sz/JmtDNA were used for longevity analyses. The strain from Iraklion, Crete (Crete 10) was provided by E. Zouros, and the strain from Rhode Island (Four Town Farm 100, FTF 100) was collected...


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The Changing Face of Crete
Magazine article by Paul Fryer; Contemporary Review, Vol. 271, August 1997
Subjects: Crete--Economic aspects, Travel industry--Evaluation
...The coastal highway passes through Iraklion, onto Hersonisos and Malia, through...journeys now begin with an airport. Iraklion, the major town on the island, used...island, serving Chania in particular. Iraklion remains largely as it was twenty years...
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Letter from Crete
Magazine article by James Allen Evans; Contemporary Review, Vol. 274, March 1999
Subjects: Crete--Description and travel, Greece--Description and travel
...Gortyn, further north on the way to Iraklion, has some classical remains and a ruined...got back into our car and made for Iraklion which, as the capital city of the island...was serving the Brindisi-Piraeus-Iraklion run under the Greek flag. The boats...
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Ascent: A Profile of Nikos Kazantzakis
Magazine article by Lee Congdon; World and I, Vol. 19, March 2004
Subjects: Kazantzakis, Nikos--Biography
...February 18 (by the Julian calendar), 1883, in what is now Iraklion, Crete, but was then still under Ottoman rule. His homelands...in state, though it was viewed in the cathedral church of Iraklion. One wonders whether or not Kazantzakis himself would have...
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New Members
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 76, July 2010
Subjects: Photographic Society of America--Officials and employees, Pressure groups--Officials and employees, Special interest groups--Officials and employees
...Croatia Blanka Havlickova, Praha 4--Chodov, Praha, Czech Republic Fragkiskos Stefanakis Donstantina Vassilopoulou, Iraklion, Crete, Greece John Cuddihy, Kilkenny, CO Kilkenny KK, Ireland, Denis Whelehan Aoife McGee, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin...
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Facing Down the Soviets
Magazine article by David Colley, Richard Kolb; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 85, February 1998
Subjects: Cold War, Mediterranean Sea, Military deployment, Military history, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States
...hosted 17th Air Force HQ for three years. Hellenikon, near Athens, Greece, was an Air Force base and staging area as was Iraklion on Crete. Crete was particularly critical as a listening post. The 6th Fleet used the huge naval base at Souda Bay on Crete...
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Ancient, Ageless Crete
Newspaper article by Stefan Halper, Lezlee Brown; The Washington Times, June 14, 1998
Subjects: Crete
...arrives at Canea on the northwest coast or Iraklion in the center of the northern coast. Iraklion is an ancient seaport that for centuries...of Venetian architecture is everywhere in Iraklion, which was once the port to Knossos. The...
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Harbor Cities Remain Heart, Soul of Crete
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 1, 1999
Subjects: Crete
...to Arkadi Monastery, 12 miles from Rethymnon. IRAKLION The treasure of Iraklion is the Archaeological Museum. As museums go...known Minoan ruin in Crete, is a short drive from Iraklion, and it must be seen despite the crowds. Knossos...
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TRAVEL: MEET & CRETE; Fascinating Island's a Great Place for a Weekend Break
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 12, 2007
Subjects: Airlines, GB Airways Ltd.
...handshakes all round. WHERE TO STAY EAST of Iraklion, the islands capital, youll find the...east and west. Just three miles from Iraklion, Knosso is worth taking at least two...some real bargains, particularly in Iraklion and the old town of Rethymnon. Leather...
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TRAVEL: Our Hol's in Ruins! SEE SITES FOR SORE EYES IN CRETE
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 25, 2006
Subjects: Resorts
...Palace of Knossos. Just three miles from the islands capital Iraklion, Knossos (admission pounds 3.50-ish) is worth taking...civilisation in 1700BC and the mythical home of the Minotaur. East of Iraklion, youll find the 18-30s nightclubs of Malia and the lively...
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Reader Holidays
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 17, 2010
Subjects: Aer Lingus Group PLC, Airlines
...in the holiday price. SIMILAR HOLIDAY AVAILABLE: MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE, ROME TUSCANY INCLUDING MESSINA, EPEHSUS, PIREAUS IRAKLION 29 MAY 2010 - 12 NIGHTS - 4 **** HOTELS - EUR1599 (INCS TAX) GENERAL BOOKING NOTES: Prices are per person and based on...
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encyclopedia articles on: IrAklion  - 7 results

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IrÁklion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IRAKLION era kleon or Candia kan de , city (1991...178), capital of Crete governorate and Iraklion prefecture, N Crete, Greece, a port...is especially important to the city. Iraklion was founded (9th cent.) by the Muslim...
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Crete
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mountainous, culminating in Mt. Ida (8,058 ft/2,456 m). Iraklion is the capital of the Crete governorate and is the islands...Under Venetian rule Crete was generally known as Candia (Iraklion) for the dukes residence. Insurrections against the arbitrary...
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Candia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CANDIA Crete: see Iraklion . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...numbers of sheep and goats are raised. The countrys main industrial centers are Athens, Thessaloniki, Piraievs , Patrai , and Iraklion . The principal industries are tourism, agricultural processing, mining, petroleum refining, and the manufacture of textiles...
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Elytis, Odysseus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ELYTIS, ODYSSEUS ode soos el etes , odis e s, pseud. of Odysseus Alepoudelis al apoo deles, 1911 96, Greek poet, b. Iraklion, Crete. Strongly influenced by surrealism , especially the works of Paul Eluard , in the 1930s he began publishing individualistic...
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