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images of Crete Greece 1 - Heraklion prefecture: Knossos and Gortys

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Heraklion prefecture			Hania prefecture			Rethimno prefecture			Lassithi prefecture

	Knossos: sacred horns - south gate of the Minoan palace			Knossos: fresco - procession - palace of king Minos - South Propylaeum
	Knossos: northern entrance - detail of a bull			Knossos: fresco - procession - detail - palace of king Minos - Minoans painted with plant dyes on the damp plaster
	Knossos: ruins of the so called "customs house"			Knossos: under the shade of a fig tree
	Knossos: northern entrance			Knossos: Minoan ruins
	Knossos: statue of Sir Arthur Evans - British archaeologist			Knossos: tourists are everywhere
	Gortys: basilica of Agios Titos			Gortys: classical elegance - statue with snake
	Gortys: Roman statue of the Emperor Antoninus Pius			Gortys: the praetorium - served as the seat and residence of the Praetor, the Governor of the Roman Province of Crete and Cyrenaica, when Gortys was the capital of Crete
	Gortys: Roman amphitheatre - the Odeon			Gortys: Law Code of Gortyn, the oldest and most complete known example of a code of ancient Greek law
	Gortys: three-apsed basilica - 6th century			Gortys: detail - star

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Heraklion prefecture			Hania prefecture			Rethimno prefecture			Lassithi prefecture

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