HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

OF THE CITY OF CHANIA

Heroon Polytechniou Street

Heroon Polytechniou Street starts right in front of the Administrative – Court Building and is a pleasant street for walking towards the sea where it ends. If one stands at its end, one faces a straight road, which at its southern end has as a background the Administrative – Judicial Building, the Holy Church of […]

Piatta Forma Bastion

The Piatta Forma Bastion was built in the middle of the south side of the Venetian fortifications. It was in front of the Bastion of Santa Lucia to the east and of the bastion of St. Dimitrios to the west, while it was protecting the main city gate, the Porta Retimiotta (the gate of Rethymno). […]