Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, literally "promontory") is a peninsula and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local...
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south Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus), a peninsula bounded by Akrotiri Bay and Episkopi Bay RAF Akrotiri, a British Royal Air Force base Akrotiri, Crete, a peninsula...
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foreign pottery at the site. Akrotiri's strategic position on the primary sailing route between Cyprus and Minoan Crete also made it an important point...
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Souda Bay (redirect from Suda Bay, Crete)
Greek island of Crete. The bay is about 15 km long and only two to four km wide, and a deep natural harbour. It is formed between the Akrotiri peninsula and...
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Minoan civilization (redirect from Minoan Crete)
eruption destroyed Cycladic settlements such as Akrotiri and led to the abandonment of some sites in northeast Crete, other Minoan sites such as Knossos continued...
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north side of Crete, from west to east these include: Gramvousa peninsula, gulf of Kissamos, Rodopos peninsula, gulf of Chania, Akrotiri peninsula, Souda...
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Eleftherios Venizelos (category People from Ottoman Crete)
Paris, where he died. He was buried on a hill at the beginning of Akrotiri in Crete at the eastern outskirts of Chania city, near the place where he was...
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convoy reached Crete. The caïque landed 3 officers and 110 German soldiers near Cape Spatha, while the cutter arrived safely in Akrotiri, where her crew...
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Santorini (section Minoan Akrotiri)
Excavations starting in 1967 at the Akrotiri site under Spyridon Marinatos have made Thera the best-known Minoan site outside Crete, homeland of the culture. The...
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The Akrotiri Boxer Fresco, discovered in 1967, is one of the Wall Paintings of Thera and a leading example of Minoan painting. It is a fresco depicting...
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