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The Archanes Arachaeolgical Collection was inaugurated on August 21 1993, in the centre of the Archanes town, on the Tzami district.The exhibits are laid out in chronological order.
The Archanes Arachaeolgical Collection was inaugurated on August 21 1993, in the centre of the Archanes town, on the Tzami district.
The museum’s small building, a neoclassic building, was the first public school of the town, which operated until the 1920’s
The exhibits are laid out in chronological order. The first findings are of prehistoric times, from the Fourni cemetery.
The most important exhibit, are probably the various types of clay sarcophagi, even a child’s, and the tombal pithoi, as found with the bones of the deceased in reduced position, not only because a Cretan museum forms an idea on the burial of the dead, but because of the way of their underground exhibition.
Immediately after that, thre are ceramic exhibits from various burial buildings in Fourni, in a variety of shapes.
The ceramic exhibits, also contain 3 pithoi from the temple’s central room. There are also : a mold of the achates stamp the priest wore, and a copy of the copper weapon that was used for sacrifices, bearing an animal headed emblem on both sides.
This beach is located in the town of Chania, and owes its’ name to its’ golden sand! Perfectly organised, with umbrellas and chairs, it is the best choice for familiew not wanting to wander far away from their base.
The Museum of the History of the Greek Costume is a museum with a vestiary content. In its collection one can find 25.000 objects, especially costumes and jewellery of the historic greek area, copies of Minoan, archaic and byzantine costumes, as well as 23 porcelane dolls dressed in traditional outfits.
The port of Spinalonga is situated on the northwest side of the gulf of Mirabello. On the entrance of the port, close to the Spinalonga peninsula, is where the skerry of the same name is located, entirely surrounded by a fort.
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