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Area of Rethymnon
 
Rethymnon

on CretaNet: Collection of short portraits of Cretan cities and villages Crete's north coast is the capital of the governmental district of the same name. It ranks as the island's cultural center and gives home to several museums, to the philosopical branch of the University of Crete, and other facilities.

The town's landmark is the Fortezza, a fortress from the Venetian period (1211 - 1646), standing on an exposed rock that reaches into the bay.
Rethymnon: The fortress with evening light - Copyright (c) 2004 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
Rethymnon: Arambatzoglou Street - Copyright (c) 2007 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
Rethymnon: Town gate (Megali Porta) - Copyright (c) 2007 Ingo H. Dietrich Further inland, the Venetian Old Town attaches to the fortress. In it's crooked lanes there are unnumbered small shops, arts and crafts workshops, restful bars, and restaurants of varied cuisine.

The Turkish occupation (1646 - 1898) affected the townscape as well. The typically Turkish bay-windows were mounted to many houses in the old town, and up to the present day several minarets show the mosques' locations.
 
Rethymnon: View over the Venetian port and the town to Mt. Vrissinas (585 m) - Copyright (c) 2008 Holger Nordhoff
 
Right below the fortress there is the picturesque Venetian Port which is framed by the modern port's piers. The ferry boat from Piraeus however does not anchor here anymore as since 2006, there is an even more modern port East of the old one, which now also includes a marina.

Every Thursday, the eastern pier also hosts the legendary weekly market of Rethymnon. During the years before, the place changed several times but that could not impair the colourful buzzle at all.
Rethymnon: The Star Clipper in the new port - Copyright (c) 2008 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
Rethymnon: The venetian lighthouse - Copyright (c) 2006 Sabine Klingsporn
 
Rethymnon: View over the town and the port - Copyright (c) 2008 Holger Nordhoff Once per year the city changes into the scene of a carnival procession, a tradition from the Venetian era. Else, a comparible institution in Greece only exists in the town of Patras on the Peloponnes peninsula.

Further eastward, the coast changes into a beach of 15 kms length. The small villages along the bay changed into hotel suburbs providing most varied types of hotels, apartment facilities and holiday villas, and each of them developed it's own unique flair.
 
Text by Ingo H. Dietrich
Photos by Sabine Klingsporn, Ingo H. Dietrich & Holger Nordhoff
 

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