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    Heraklion or Herakleion (/hɪˈrækliən/ hih-RAK-lee-ən; Greek: Ηράκλειο, Irákleio, pronounced [iˈrakli.o]), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and...
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    Heraklion The Battle of Heraklion was part of the Battle of Crete, fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete between 20 and 30 May 1941...
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    Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second...
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  • Look up Heraklion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Heraklion (Greek: Ἡράκλειον; alternative spellings: Iraklio, Iraklion, Irakleio, Herakleion) is...
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  • SS Heraklion (sometimes spelled out in books as the Iraklion) was a roll on/roll off car ferry operating the lines Piraeus – Chania and Piraeus – Heraklion...
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    The fortifications of Heraklion are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Heraklion (formerly Candia) in Crete...
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    fifth most populous of Greece's regions. Its capital and largest city is Heraklion, on the north shore of the island. As of 2021[update], the region had...
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    Ρογδιά - Rogdia) is a village and a community of Gazi municipal unit in Heraklion regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. The community of Rodia is...
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  • Apelles of Heraklion (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀπελλῆς) is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. Along with the Apostles Urban of Macedonia, Stachys, Ampliatus...
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    Irakleio, Attica (Greek: Ηράκλειο Αττικής) is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region...
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