Tabakaria, the leather processing area, is located in the eastern rocky area of Chania, below the district of Halepa. They flourished during the period of Egyptian rule and began to decline during the 1970s. Today few tanneries are in operation, however the area is a unique architectural ensemble for the city of Chania.
The headquarters Venizelos / Therisos Movement Headquarters
So called the headquarters of the Revolutionary Assembly in 1905, in Therisos, which organized the homonymous revolution against the authoritarian rule of the High Commissioner George. Nowadays, the building has been converted into a museum for the exposition of weapons, objects from that period and evidence of the revolutionary action of Eleftherios Venizelos.
