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Crete, Part 1:
Chania, Knossos, and the Countryside

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Image 1. The Chania waterfront as seen from the harbor seawall

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Image 2. The Chania harbor seawall

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Image 3. The Chania waterfront

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Image 4. A street in Chania

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Image 5. A street in Chania

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Image 6. A view of buildings in Chania. The domes probably
date from the period when Crete was ruled by the Ottoman Empire.

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Image 7. A view of the Chania harbor. The row of buildings on the left
is the shipbuilding "arsenal" that dates from the period
when Crete was ruled by the Venetians.

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Image 8. A beach on the western side of the island

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Image 9. A partly reconstructed room at Knossos,
main city of the Minoan civilization

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Image 10. A storage jar at Knossos,
around six feet tall

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Image 11. A wall painging at Knossos

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Image 12. A partially restored room at Knossos

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Image 13. A partially restored room at Knossos, with a
mural of dolphins and fish

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Image 14. A Knossos mural of dolphins and fish

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Image 15. A tiny chapel at Spilla

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Image 16. The chapel and garden at Spilla

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Image 17. Interior of the chapel at Spilla

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Image 18. Icon painting in the chapel at Spilla

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Image 19. The "Monumental Olive" in Crete,
claimed to be the oldest in the world

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Image 20. The trunk of the "Monumental Olive"

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Image 21. A monestery

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Image 22. A roadside shrine

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Image 23. Closer view of the roadside shrine

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Image 24. Interior of the roadside shrine

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Image 25. A mountain village

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Image 26. Closer view of the mountain village

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Image 27. The beach at Sougia

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Image 28. A beach restaurant at Sougia

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Image 29. Beach scene at a resort

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