Rethymno Megali Porta Porta Guora Creta Ethinikis Antistaseos Street Megali porta During the Venetian Occupation in Crete it was given the name Porta Guora in honour of the Venetian Rector Giacomo Guoro It used to be the entrance to the city from the central wall Rethymno There was also a lion with wings symbol of Venice which is now in the garden of the Venetian Loggia in Rethymno
Rethymno Petaladika Some years ago people used horses and donkeys to travel The local blacksmiths replaced horseshoes in an area called Petaladika where the travellers could spend the night and have a meal in a hani Crete Rethymno Holidays
Rethymno Crete St Francis Church Agiou Frangiskou Street The church of Agios Frangiskos is a Franciscan Church Rethymno
On the door frame of the church an artichoke shape key and muslim symbols Rethymno Holidays Rethymno Crete The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno
Rethymno Crete The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno
Rethymno Conservatory At the beginning of Vernardou Street a Venetian church dedicated to Santa Maria was turned into a mosque by Turks in 1657 They added a Μinaret which is the tallest in Rethymno Next to the Minaret there used to be a Turkish Kitap hane Muslim seminary school Kitap in Turkish means book with symbols of the Ottoman Empire Rethymno
Rethymno Rimondi Fountain Titou Petychaki Square Rimondi Fountain was built in 1626 by the Venetian Governor of Rethymno Rimondi There is his Monogram n the middle and 3 lion heads with water running from their mouths The Turkish added a dome and Muslim religious symbols Rethymno
Rethymno Crete Loggia On the corner of Konstantinou Palaiologou and Arkadiou street Loggia Rethymno was a social club for the Venetians Today it is used as a selling point for exact museum copies Rethymno Holidays Loggia
Rethymno Crete Venetian Harbour In 1204 the Venetians built a small harbour for commercial purposes Because of the low water depth no large ships could reach the harbour so they used a small building Customs where the passengers waited for the boats to come and take them to the ship Rethymno Holidays Crete
Rethymno Fortezza Crete Emm Kefalogianni Avenue The Venetian fortress was built between 1573 and 1580 by the Venetians in order to protect the citizens from Turks Rethymno Holidays
Rethymno The Church of Mikri Panagia little church of Virgin Mary Nikiforou Foka Street & Arambatzoglou Street at Μ Papaioanou Square The church was built during the last years of the Venetian Occupation and is dedicated to Mary Magdalene There is a unique Byzantine icon of Saint Gobdelaas the only icon of Persian saint we find in a church in Crete
Rethymno Crete Megali Panagia big church of Virgin Mary Between Manioudaki and Mousourou Street
The cathedral is a three aisled basilica without dome built in 1956 The temple has been the same since 1944 The bell tower which was built in 1899 has seven bells The biggest bell has the name of Russian Theodor de Chiostak and the other six have the names of the six Russian regiments of Rethymno Crete
