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The Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno is housed in a 17th century Venetian mansion.
The History and Folklore Museum Rethymno was founded in 1974 for the purpose of research and gathering historical and folk material of Crete and especially of Rethymno prefecture.
The collections of the Museum are derived from donations and purchases and include more than 5,000 objects.
The Museum still has room for educational programs, lectures, cultural events, equipped with modern audiovisual media.
The permanent exhibition of the museum contains woven, costumes, embroidery, lace – thread compositions, ceramics, baskets, traditional agricultural tools, machining, tools traditional professions – knife maker, grommet, reseller, shoemaker.
The Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki aims to operate as a place of memories, meetings and discovery between the creators, their creations and the audience.
Rethymno is the third-largest city in Crete island. The present city is built at the same location with the ancient Rethymno. Evidence for the existence of the city are from the 5th-4th century BC. The Rethymno washed by two seas, north of the Cretan and south from the Libyan Sea .The current population of count around 32,000 inhabitants.
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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