Architecture (Chania)

Rainier Gate

One of the most interesting buildings of the Old Town is the entrance to the estate of the Venetian Rainier family. In addition to the remains of a mansion and courtyards, there are ruins of the chapel...

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• 2 years ago

Church of St. Roch

Church of Saint Roch

In Splantsia Square, near the Church of St. Nicholas, there is a small, neat, well-preserved building - the Church of St. Roch (or Rocco). The church is built in the form of a basilica in the Venetian...

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• 2 years ago

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Chania Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is located on the territory of the former monastery of St. Francis. From the street it is almost invisible, only above a small passage the emblem of...

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• 2 years ago

Ahmet Aga Minaret

Minaret Ahmet Agha

The minaret of the former mosque is located in the Old Town, on Satzimichaly Ntaliani Street. It has survived as part of the mosque almost in its original form. In other buildings of the mosque there is...

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• 2 years ago

While Neoria

Docks of Neoria in Chania

Neoria or Venetian Shipyards - a complex of 17 stone shipyards, built in the late 16th century by the Venetians, who then ruled the island, to repair and maintain ships of the Venetian fleet. Initially...

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• 3 years ago