Chania
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Chania, also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km west of Rethymno and 145
View of the "Venetian port" of Chania.
Hellenistic head of a woman from the cemetery of ancient Cydonia in the Archaeological Museum of Chania.
The old harbour during the Venetian era.
Venetian shipyards.
Kydonia
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Kydonia, also known as Cydonia was an ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania near the west end of the island of Crete in Greece. The city is known from archaeological remains dating ba
Chania
…known from Linear B tablets from Knossos as having been named Ku-do-ni-ja (Mycenaean Greek: 𐀓𐀈𐀛𐀊). The subsequent Greek settlement was likewise known as Cydonia (Ancient Greek: Κυδωνία, Kydōnía), ultimately the source of the English word "quince". Some notable archaeological evidence for the existence of this…
Excavations of Minoan Kydonia
Early Minoan bird-shaped vessel (3000–2300 BC)