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id="toc-Byzantine_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Venetian_era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Venetian_era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Venetian era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Venetian_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ottoman_era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ottoman_era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Ottoman era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ottoman_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modern_era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern_era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Modern era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Architecture,_urban_sculpture_and_fortifications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Architecture,_urban_sculpture_and_fortifications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Architecture, urban sculpture and fortifications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Architecture,_urban_sculpture_and_fortifications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Municipality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Municipality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Neighborhoods" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Neighborhoods"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Neighborhoods</span> </div> </a> <ul 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id="toc-Educational_and_Research_Institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Educational_and_Research_Institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Educational and Research Institutions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Educational_and_Research_Institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Museums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracli%C3%B3n" title="Heraclión – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Heraclión" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0raklion" title="İraklion – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İraklion" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8" title="হেরাক্লিওন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="হেরাক্লিওন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ираклион – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ираклион" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Іракліян – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Іракліян" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD" title="Іракліён – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Іракліён" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE" title="Ираклио – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ираклио" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A0ndia" title="Càndia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Càndia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1kleion_(kapital_sa_rehiyon_sa_Gresya)" title="Irákleion (kapital sa rehiyon sa Gresya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Irákleion (kapital sa rehiyon sa Gresya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%A1klion" title="Heráklion – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Heráklion" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklio" title="Iraklio – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Iraklio" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklio" title="Iraklio – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Iraklio" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1kleio" title="Irákleio – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Irákleio" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF" title="Ηράκλειο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ηράκλειο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracli%C3%B3n" title="Heraclión – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Heraclión" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklio_(urbo)" title="Iraklio (urbo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Iraklio (urbo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86" title="هراکلیون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هراکلیون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9raklion" title="Héraklion – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Héraklion" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion_(st%C3%AAd)" title="Heraklion (stêd) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Heraklion (stêd)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%9D%BC%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4" title="이라클리오 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이라클리오" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Հերակլիոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հերակլիոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ираклион – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ираклион" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candia" title="Candia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Candia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F" title="הרקליון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הרקליון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ჰერაკლიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰერაკლიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ираклион – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ираклион" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum" title="Heracleum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Heracleum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklija" title="Iraklija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Iraklija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklionas" title="Heraklionas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Heraklionas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakleio_(stad)" title="Irakleio (stad) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Irakleio (stad)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eracli" title="Eracli – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Eracli" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1klio" title="Iráklio – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Iráklio" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ираклион – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ираклион" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="هيراكليون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هيراكليون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ираклион – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Ираклион" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklion_(stad)" title="Iraklion (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Iraklion (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3" title="イラクリオン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イラクリオン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ираклион – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Ираклион" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklio" title="Iraklio – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Iraklio" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklio" title="Iraklio – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Iraklio" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1klio" title="Iráklio – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Iráklio" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklion" title="Iraklion – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Iraklion" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86" title="ایراکلیون – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایراکلیون" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracli%C3%A3o" title="Heraclião – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Heraclião" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Ираклион – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ираклион" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Heraklion" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklioni" title="Iraklioni – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Iraklioni" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklion" title="Iraklion – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Iraklion" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclion" title="Heraclion – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Heraclion" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklio_(mesto_na_Kr%C3%A9te)" title="Iraklio (mesto na Kréte) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Iraklio (mesto na Kréte)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraklion" title="Iraklion – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Heraklion</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="el"><span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Ηράκλειο</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_and_communities_of_Greece" title="Municipalities and communities of Greece">Municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><figure class="mw-halign-center noresize mw-ext-imagemap-desc-bottom-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Heraklion montage. 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Koules/Castello" /><area href="/wiki/Agios_Minas_Cathedral" shape="rect" coords="146,124,271,235" alt="Agios Minas Cathedral" title="Agios Minas Cathedral" /><area href="/wiki/Heraklion#Port" shape="rect" coords="4,238,271,331" alt="Harbor of Heraklion" title="Harbor of Heraklion" /></map><figcaption></figcaption></figure><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><b>Clockwise from top:</b> Panoramic view of the city of Heraklion and the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Crete" title="Sea of Crete">Sea of Crete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agios_Minas_Cathedral" title="Agios Minas Cathedral">Agios Minas Cathedral</a>, Night view of the <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Port">Harbor of Heraklion</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Koules_Fortress" title="Koules Fortress">Venetian fortress of Koules/Castello</a>.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Heraklion.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Seal_of_Heraklion.svg/120px-Seal_of_Heraklion.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Seal_of_Heraklion.svg/250px-Seal_of_Heraklion.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="260" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greece_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heraklion is located in Greece"><img alt="Heraklion is located in Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/330px-Greece_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/500px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/960px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="825" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:89.996%;left:55.874%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Heraklion"><img alt="Heraklion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Heraklion</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:line; margin-top:2px"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="font-size:115%; height:auto; padding-right:2em;">Location within the region</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_Dimos_Irakliou.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/2011_Dimos_Irakliou.png/250px-2011_Dimos_Irakliou.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/2011_Dimos_Irakliou.png/375px-2011_Dimos_Irakliou.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/2011_Dimos_Irakliou.png/500px-2011_Dimos_Irakliou.png 2x" data-file-width="2687" data-file-height="1076" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Heraklion&params=35_20_25_N_25_8_4_E_region:GR_type:city(173993)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°20′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">25°8′4″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.34028°N 25.13444°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.34028; 25.13444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Greece" title="Regions of Greece">Administrative region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional unit</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">Heraklion</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Alexis Kalokairinos<sup id="cite_ref-mayor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (since 2023)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">244.6 km<sup>2</sup> (94.4 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit</th><td class="infobox-data">109.0 km<sup>2</sup> (42.1 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">33 m (108 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census21_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">179,302</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">730/km<sup>2</sup> (1,900/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">211,370<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">156,842</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,400/km<sup>2</sup> (3,700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Heraklian, Heraclian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Greece" title="Postal codes in Greece">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">70x xx, 71x xx, 720 xx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Greece" title="Telephone numbers in Greece">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">281</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Greece" title="Vehicle registration plates of Greece">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">HK, HP, HZ</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heraklion-city.gr/">Heraklion-city.gr</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Heraklion</b> or <b>Herakleion</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">hih-<span style="font-size:90%">RAK</span>-lee-ən</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ηράκλειο</span>, <span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Irákleio</i></span>, <style 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It is the fourth largest city in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> with a municipal population of 179,302 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census21_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 211,370 in its wider metropolitan area,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> according to the 2011 census. The greater area of Heraklion has been continuously inhabited since at least 7000 BCE, making it one of the oldest inhabited regions in Europe. It is also home to the ancient <a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a> Palace, a major center of the <a href="/wiki/Minoan_civilization" title="Minoan civilization">Minoan civilization</a> dating back to approximately 2000-1350 BCE, often considered Europe's oldest city. The palace is one of the most significant archaeological sites in Greece, second only to the <a href="/wiki/Parthenon" title="Parthenon">Parthenon</a> in terms of visitor numbers. </p><p>Heraklion was Europe's fastest growing tourism destination for 2017, according to Euromonitor, with an 11.2% growth in international arrivals.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the ranking, Heraklion was ranked as the 20th most visited region in Europe, as the 66th area on the planet and as the 2nd in Greece for the year 2017, with 3.2 million visitors<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 19th in Europe for 2018, with 3.4 million visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Herakleion (Ηράκλειον) is derived from an ancient port of <a href="/wiki/Heracleium" title="Heracleium">Heracleium</a> that served as the harbour for <a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barrington_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barrington-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The port, bearing the same name, was named in honour of the hero <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a> (Hercules).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In antiquity, it was located about 20 stadia (approximately 3.7 kilometers) from Knossos.<sup id="cite_ref-Stadiasmus_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stadiasmus-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a> also confirms the connection between the two.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site of the ancient port falls within the boundaries of the modern city, near today’s port area. Although ecclesiastical records do not list it as a bishopric, a bishop named Theodoros of Heracleopolis is mentioned at the <a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Nicaea" title="Second Council of Nicaea">Second Council of Nicaea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name was revived in the 19th century and was in use by locals as early as 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_names">Other names</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Other names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1. <i>In antiquity</i>: The area that would later become the city of Heraklion served as the port for the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a>, one of the centers of the Minoan civilization. This strategic location facilitated trade and communication across the Mediterranean. Over time, as Knossos declined, the port area grew in significance, eventually becoming a prominent urban center. </p><p>2. <i>Rabḍ al-ḫandaq</i> (ربض الخندق): In 824 CE, Arab exiles from <a href="/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus">al-Andalus</a> (Iberia) who conquered Crete and founded the <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Emirate of Crete</a> moved the island's capital from <a href="/wiki/Gortyna" title="Gortyna">Gortyna</a> to a new castle they called <i>rabḍ al-ḫandaq</i> ("Castle of the Moat").<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>3. <i>Chándax</i> (Χάνδαξ) / <i>Chándakas</i> (Χάνδακας): The Arabic name <i>rabḍ al-ḫandaq</i> was Hellenized to Χάνδαξ (<i>Chándax</i>) or Χάνδακας (<i>Chándakas</i>). </p><p>4. <i>Candia</i>: This name, derived from <i>Chándax,</i> was Latinized as <i>Candia</i> and adopted into other European languages: in <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> as <i>Candia</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> as <i>Candía</i>, in French as <i>Candie</i>, and in English as <i>Candy</i>. These names could refer to the island of Crete as a whole as well as to the city alone; the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> name for the city was <i>Kandiye</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>5. <i>Megalo Kastro</i> (Μεγάλο Κάστρο): After the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_reconquest_of_Crete" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine reconquest of Crete">Byzantine reconquest of Crete</a>, the city was locally known as <i>Megalo Kastro</i> (<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Μεγάλο Κάστρο</span></span>, 'Big Castle' in <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>) and its inhabitants were called <i>Kastrinoi</i> (Καστρινοί, "castle-dwellers").<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Knossos_palace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Knossos_palace.jpg/250px-Knossos_palace.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Knossos_palace.jpg/375px-Knossos_palace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Knossos_palace.jpg/500px-Knossos_palace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a> is located within the Municipality of Heraklion and has been called Europe's oldest city<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minoan_era">Minoan era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Minoan era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heraklion is home to the ruins of the palace of <a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a>, located in the southern periphery of the city and part of the Heraklion municipality. In <a href="/wiki/Minoan_civilization" title="Minoan civilization">Minoan</a> times, Knossos was the largest centre of population on <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> and is considered by many to be the oldest city in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knossos itself had a port at the site of Heraklion (in the modern area of Poros-Katsambas<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> neighborhood) from the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Early_Minoan" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Minoan">Early Minoan</a> period (3500 to 2100 BC). </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_6393_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_6393_%28cropped%29.JPG/187px-%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_6393_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="187" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_6393_%28cropped%29.JPG/281px-%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_6393_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_6393_%28cropped%29.JPG/374px-%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_6393_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2815" data-file-height="3820" /></a><figcaption>The snake goddess (c.1600 BC) in <a href="/wiki/Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum" title="Heraklion Archaeological Museum">Heraklion Archaeological Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity">Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heracleium" title="Heracleium">Heracleium</a></div> <p>After the fall of the Minoans, Heraklion, as well as the rest of Crete in general, fared poorly, with very little development in the area. Only with the arrival of the Romans did some construction in the area begin, yet especially early into <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantine</a> times the area abounded with pirates and bandits.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emirate_of_Crete">Emirate of Crete</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Emirate of Crete"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heraklion was chosen as capital in 824, with fortifications starting being built the following year, by the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> under <a href="/wiki/Abu_Hafs_Umar_al-Iqritishi" title="Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi">Abu Hafs Umar</a> who had been expelled from <a href="/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus">Al-Andalus</a> by Emir <a href="/wiki/Al-Hakam_I" title="Al-Hakam I">Al-Hakam I</a> and had taken over the island from the Eastern Roman Empire.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They built a <a href="/wiki/Moat" title="Moat">moat</a> around the city for protection, and named the city <i>rabḍ al-ḫandaq</i> (ربض الخندق, "Castle of the Moat", hellenized as Χάνδαξ, <i>Chandax</i>). It became the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Emirate of Crete</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 827</span>–961). The Saracens allowed the port to be used as a safe haven for pirates who operated against Imperial (Byzantine) shipping and raided Imperial territory around the Aegean.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Byzantine_era">Byzantine era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Byzantine era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Crete" title="Byzantine Crete">Byzantine Crete</a></div> <p>In 960, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> forces under the command of <a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikephoros II">Nikephoros Phokas</a>, later to become Emperor, landed in Crete and attacked the city. After a <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Chandax" title="Siege of Chandax">prolonged siege</a>, the city fell in March 961. The Saracen inhabitants were slaughtered, the city looted and burned to the ground.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Soon rebuilt, the town remained under <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantine</a> control for the next 243 years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Venetian_era">Venetian era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Venetian era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Citt%C3%A0_di_Candia_-_Francesco_Basilicata_-_1618.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Citt%C3%A0_di_Candia_-_Francesco_Basilicata_-_1618.jpg/330px-Citt%C3%A0_di_Candia_-_Francesco_Basilicata_-_1618.jpg" decoding="async" width="251" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Citt%C3%A0_di_Candia_-_Francesco_Basilicata_-_1618.jpg/500px-Citt%C3%A0_di_Candia_-_Francesco_Basilicata_-_1618.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Citt%C3%A0_di_Candia_-_Francesco_Basilicata_-_1618.jpg/960px-Citt%C3%A0_di_Candia_-_Francesco_Basilicata_-_1618.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1119" /></a><figcaption>Representation of the city of Candia and the surrounding area by <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Basilicata" title="Francesco Basilicata">Francesco Basilicata</a>, 1618</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Kingdom of Candia</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Candia" title="Siege of Candia">Siege of Candia</a></div> <p>In 1204, the city was bought by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> as part of a complicated political deal which involved, among other things, the Crusaders of the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a> restoring the deposed Eastern Roman Emperor <a href="/wiki/Isaac_II_Angelus" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac II Angelus">Isaac II Angelus</a> to his throne. The Venetians improved on the ditch of the city by building enormous fortifications, most of which are still in place, including a giant wall, in places up to 40 metres (130 ft) thick, with seven bastions, and a fortress in the harbour. Chandax was renamed <i>Candia</i> and became the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Candia" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Candia">Duke of Candia</a>, and the Venetian administrative district of Crete became known as "Regno di Candia" (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Kingdom of Candia</a>). The city retained the name of Candia for centuries and the same name was often used to refer to the whole <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Greece" title="List of islands of Greece">island</a> of Crete as well. To secure their rule, the Venetians began in 1212 to settle families from <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a> on Crete. The coexistence of two different cultures and the stimulus of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Renaissance" title="Italian Renaissance">Italian Renaissance</a> led to a flourishing of letters and the arts in Candia and Crete in general, that is today known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Cretan_Renaissance" class="mw-redirect" title="Cretan Renaissance">Cretan Renaissance</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_era">Ottoman era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ottoman era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Cretan_War_(1645%E2%80%931669)" title="Cretan War (1645–1669)">Cretan War (1645–1669)</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cretan_War_(1645%E2%80%931669)" title="Cretan War (1645–1669)">Cretan War (1645–1669)</a>, the Ottomans <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Candia" title="Siege of Candia">besieged the city</a> for 21 years, from 1648 to 1669, the longest siege in history up until that time. In its final phase, which lasted for 22 months, 70,000 Turks, 38,000 Cretans and slaves and 29,088 of the city's Christian defenders perished.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ottoman army under an <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_vizier" title="Grand vizier">grand vizier</a>, <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6pr%C3%BCl%C3%BC_Faz%C4%B1l_Ahmed_Pasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha">Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha</a> conquered the city in 1669. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_4811_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_4811_01.JPG/193px-%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_4811_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="193" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_4811_01.JPG/290px-%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_4811_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_4811_01.JPG/387px-%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7_4811_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a><figcaption>The tomb of <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis" title="Nikos Kazantzakis">Nikos Kazantzakis</a> in the Martinengo bastion</figcaption></figure> <p>Under the Ottomans, <i>Kandiye</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Turkish language">Ottoman Turkish</a> قنديه) was the capital of Crete (<i>Girit Eyâleti</i>) until 1849, when <a href="/wiki/Chania" title="Chania">Chania</a> (<i>Hanya</i>) became the capital, and Kandiye became a <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">sancak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sezen_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sezen-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Greek, it was commonly called <i>Megalo Castro</i> (Μεγάλο Κάστρο 'Big Castle'). </p><p>During the Ottoman period, the <a href="/wiki/Harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbour">harbour</a> silted up, so most shipping shifted to <a href="/wiki/Chania" title="Chania">Chania</a> in the west of the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_14.jpg/270px-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_14.jpg/405px-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_14.jpg/540px-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4496" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption> Panoramic view of the port of Heraklion from <a href="/wiki/Koules_Fortress" title="Koules Fortress">Koules Fortress</a></figcaption></figure> <p>An <a href="/wiki/1856_Heraklion_earthquake" title="1856 Heraklion earthquake">earthquake</a> located off the northern coast of Crete on October 12, 1856, destroyed most of the over 3,600 homes in the city. Only 18 homes were left intact. The disaster claimed 538 victims in Heraklion.<sup id="cite_ref-NGDC_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGDC-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1898, the autonomous <a href="/wiki/Cretan_State" title="Cretan State">Cretan State</a> was created, under Ottoman <a href="/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty">suzerainty</a>, with Prince George of Greece as its High Commissioner and under international supervision. During the period of direct occupation of the island by the Great Powers (1898–1908), Candia was part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> zone. At this time the ancient name of "Heraklion" was revived. </p><p>In 1913, with the rest of <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, Heraklion was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece_(Gl%C3%BCcksburg)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)">Kingdom of Greece</a>. Heraklion was severely damaged in the bombing campaign in May 1941 during the German invasion in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a>. The city remained under German rule until 1945. Heraklion again became capital of Crete in 1971, replacing Chania. The city, and Crete generally, became a major tourist destination from the 1980s onwards.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture,_urban_sculpture_and_fortifications"><span id="Architecture.2C_urban_sculpture_and_fortifications"></span>Architecture, urban sculpture and fortifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Architecture, urban sculpture and fortifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Heraklion" title="Fortifications of Heraklion">Fortifications of Heraklion</a></div> <p>The oldest monument of architecture is the palace in <a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a> on the outskirts of the city. </p><p>Two largest medieval churches in the city were the Dominican church of St. Peter (built between 1248 and 1253) and the San Salvatore, belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Augustinian_Friars" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustinian Friars">Augustinian Friars</a>. The latter one stood in Kornaros Square, but was demolished in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other monuments of architecture from Venetian times include the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Mark%27s_Basilica,_Heraklion" title="Saint Mark's Basilica, Heraklion">Saint Mark's Basilica</a> and the Renaissance loggia next to <a href="/wiki/Lions_Square" title="Lions Square">Lions Square</a> (1626–28). </p><p>Around the historic city center of Heraklion there are also a series of <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Heraklion" title="Fortifications of Heraklion">defensive walls, bastions and other fortifications</a> which were built earlier in the Middle Ages, but were completely rebuilt by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a>. The fortifications managed to withstand <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Candia" title="Siege of Candia">the longest siege in history</a> for 21 years, before the city fell to the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a> in 1669. The <a href="/wiki/Koules_Fortress" title="Koules Fortress">Koules Fortress</a> (<i>Castello a Mare</i>), <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Heraklion" title="Fortifications of Heraklion">the ramparts</a> and the arsenal dominate the port area. </p><p>Many fountains of the Venetian era are preserved, such as the <i>Bembo</i> fountain, the <i>Priuli</i> fountain, <i>Palmeti</i> fountain, <i>Sagredo</i> fountain and <i>Morosini</i> fountain in <a href="/wiki/Lions_Square" title="Lions Square">Lions Square</a> (1628). </p><p>Architecture from the 19th century is represented by the <a href="/wiki/St_Titus_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St Titus Cathedral">St Titus Cathedral</a>, built in 1869 as the Yeni Cami ("New Mosque"), and the <a href="/wiki/Agios_Minas_Cathedral" title="Agios Minas Cathedral">Agios Minas Cathedral</a> (1862–95). </p><p>An example of modern architecture in Heraklion is the <a href="/wiki/Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum" title="Heraklion Archaeological Museum">Heraklion Archaeological Museum</a> built between 1937 and 1940 by architect Patroklos Karantinos. </p><p>Several sculptures, statues and busts commemorating significant events and figures of the city's and island's history, like <a href="/wiki/El_Greco" title="El Greco">El Greco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vitsentzos_Kornaros" title="Vitsentzos Kornaros">Vitsentzos Kornaros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis" title="Nikos Kazantzakis">Nikos Kazantzakis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos" title="Eleftherios Venizelos">Eleftherios Venizelos</a> can be found around the city. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Knossos_-_North_Portico_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Knossos Palace"><img alt="Knossos Palace" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Knossos_-_North_Portico_02.jpg/240px-Knossos_-_North_Portico_02.jpg" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Agios_Minas_Cathedral_01.jpg/378px-Agios_Minas_Cathedral_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Agios_Minas_Cathedral_01.jpg/504px-Agios_Minas_Cathedral_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2705" data-file-height="1932" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Agios_Minas_Cathedral" title="Agios Minas Cathedral">Agios Minas Cathedral</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipality">Municipality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Municipality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20110927_St._Peter_of_Dominicans_Heraklion_Crete_Greece_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/20110927_St._Peter_of_Dominicans_Heraklion_Crete_Greece_Panorama.jpg/300px-20110927_St._Peter_of_Dominicans_Heraklion_Crete_Greece_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/20110927_St._Peter_of_Dominicans_Heraklion_Crete_Greece_Panorama.jpg/450px-20110927_St._Peter_of_Dominicans_Heraklion_Crete_Greece_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/20110927_St._Peter_of_Dominicans_Heraklion_Crete_Greece_Panorama.jpg/600px-20110927_St._Peter_of_Dominicans_Heraklion_Crete_Greece_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4540" data-file-height="1935" /></a><figcaption>The Saint Peter of Dominicans, one of the oldest monuments of architecture of the Cistercian monks in the 12th century.</figcaption></figure> <p>The municipality Heraklion was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:<sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorgolainis" title="Gorgolainis">Gorgolainis</a></li> <li>Heraklion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nea_Alikarnassos" title="Nea Alikarnassos">Nea Alikarnassos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paliani" title="Paliani">Paliani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temenos,_Greece" title="Temenos, Greece">Temenos</a></li></ul> <p>The municipality has an area of 244.613 km<sup>2</sup>, the municipal unit 109.026 km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-stat01_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat01-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Neighborhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_Museum_of_Crete_Front_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Historical_Museum_of_Crete_Front_2016.jpg/250px-Historical_Museum_of_Crete_Front_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Historical_Museum_of_Crete_Front_2016.jpg/375px-Historical_Museum_of_Crete_Front_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Historical_Museum_of_Crete_Front_2016.jpg/500px-Historical_Museum_of_Crete_Front_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Historical_Museum_of_Crete" title="Historical Museum of Crete">Historical Museum of Crete</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td>• Agia Ekaterini </td> <td>• Dimokratias </td> <td>• Marathitis </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agia Erini Chrisovalantou </td> <td>• Estavromenos </td> <td>• Mastabas </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agia Marina </td> <td>• Filothei </td> <td>• Mesabelies </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agia Triada </td> <td>• Fortetsa </td> <td>• Mpentevi </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agios Dimitrios </td> <td>• Ilioupoli </td> <td>• Nea Alatsata </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agios Ioannis Chostos </td> <td>• Kamaraki </td> <td>• Pananio </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agios Minas </td> <td>• Kaminia </td> <td>• Papatitou Metochi </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agios Titos </td> <td>• Katsampas </td> <td>• Pateles </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Akadimia </td> <td>• Kenouria Porta </td> <td>• Poros </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Ampelokipoi </td> <td>• Kipoupoli </td> <td>• Therissos </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Analipsi </td> <td>• Komeno Mpenteni </td> <td>• Tris Vagies </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Atsalenio </td> <td>• Korakovouni </td> <td>• Xiropotamos </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Chanioporta </td> <td>• Koroni Magara </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Chrisopigi </td> <td>• Knossos </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Dilina </td> <td>• Lido </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suburbs">Suburbs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Suburbs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amnissos_-_panoramio_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Amnissos_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/330px-Amnissos_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="252" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Amnissos_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/500px-Amnissos_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Amnissos_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/960px-Amnissos_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>A panoramic view of <a href="/wiki/Amnisos" title="Amnisos">Amnissos</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td>• Agia Erini </td> <td>• Finikia </td> <td>• Ksirokabos </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agia Marina </td> <td>• Gazi urban area </td> <td>• Malades </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agioi Theodoroi </td> <td>• Giofyrakia </td> <td>• <a href="/wiki/Nea_Alikarnassos" title="Nea Alikarnassos">Nea Alikarnassos</a> urban area </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Agios Syllas </td> <td>• Gournes Temenous </td> <td>• Sillamos </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Ammoudara </td> <td>• Kallithea </td> <td>• Skafidaras </td></tr> <tr> <td>• <a href="/wiki/Amnisos" title="Amnisos">Amnisos</a> </td> <td>• Karteros </td> <td>• Skalani </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Ano Kalesia </td> <td>• Kato Kalesia </td> <td>• Vasilies </td></tr> <tr> <td>• Athanati </td> <td>• Kavrochori </td> <td>• Voutes </td></tr> <tr> <td>• <a href="/wiki/Dafnes" title="Dafnes">Dafnes</a> </td> <td>• Kollyvas </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Villages">Villages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Psari_Forada" title="Psari Forada">Psari Forada</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port">Port</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Port"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heraklion is an important shipping port and ferry dock. Travellers can take ferries and boats from Heraklion to destinations including <a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Santorini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ios_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Ios Island">Ios Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paros" title="Paros">Paros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mykonos" title="Mykonos">Mykonos</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>. There are direct ferries to <a href="/wiki/Naxos" title="Naxos">Naxos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karpathos" title="Karpathos">Karpathos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasos" title="Kasos">Kasos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sitia" title="Sitia">Sitia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anafi" title="Anafi">Anafi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chalki" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalki">Chalki</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Diafani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diafani (page does not exist)">Diafani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also several daily ferries to <a href="/wiki/Piraeus" title="Piraeus">Piraeus</a>, the port of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> in mainland Greece. The port of Heraklion was built by <a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_McAlpine" title="Sir Robert McAlpine">Sir Robert McAlpine</a> and completed in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:Panoramic view of the old harbour;max-width:1010px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crete_Iraklio1_tango7174.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Crete_Iraklio1_tango7174.jpg/1000px-Crete_Iraklio1_tango7174.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Crete_Iraklio1_tango7174.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport">Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nea_Alikarnassos,_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Nea_Alikarnassos%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Nea_Alikarnassos%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Nea_Alikarnassos%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg/500px-Nea_Alikarnassos%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Nea_Alikarnassos%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg/960px-Nea_Alikarnassos%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2980" data-file-height="1674" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Heraklion_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Heraklion International Airport">Heraklion International Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Heraklion International Airport">Heraklion International Airport</a>, or Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is located about 5 kilometres (3 miles) east of the city. The airport is named after Heraklion native <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis" title="Nikos Kazantzakis">Nikos Kazantzakis</a>, a writer and a philosopher. It is the second busiest airport of Greece after <a href="/wiki/Athens_International_Airport" title="Athens International Airport">Athens International Airport</a>, first in charter flights and the 59th busiest in Europe, because of Crete being a major holiday destination with 8,066,000 passengers in 2022 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Europe" title="List of the busiest airports in Europe">List of the busiest airports in Europe</a>). </p><p>The airfield is shared with the 126th Combat Group of the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Hellenic Air Force</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highway_network">Highway network</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Highway network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/European_route_E75" title="European route E75">European route E75</a> runs through the city and connects Heraklion with the three other major cities of Crete: <a href="/wiki/Agios_Nikolaos,_Crete" title="Agios Nikolaos, Crete">Agios Nikolaos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chania" title="Chania">Chania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rethymno" title="Rethymno">Rethymno</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transit">Public transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Public transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_9277.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_9277.jpg/250px-%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_9277.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_9277.jpg/375px-%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_9277.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_9277.jpg/500px-%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_9277.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3752" data-file-height="2854" /></a><figcaption>Urban bus in Heraklion</figcaption></figure> <p>Urban buses serve the city, with 39 different routes.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Intercity buses connect Heraklion to many major destinations in Crete.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1922 to 1937, a working industrial railway connected the Koules in Heraklion to Xiropotamos for the construction of the harbor.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the summer of 2007, at the Congress of Cretan emigrants held in Heraklion, two engineers, George Nathenas and Vassilis Economopoulos, recommended the development of a railway line in Crete, linking Chania, Rethymno, and Heraklion. No official plans exist for implementing this idea.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heraklion has a hot-summer <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a> (<i>Csa</i> in the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>). Summers are warm to hot and dry with clear skies. Dry hot days are often relieved by seasonal breezes. Winters are mild with moderate rain. Because Heraklion is further south than <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, it has a warmer climate during winter but cooler during summer because of the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a>. The maximum temperature during the summer period is usually not more than 28 - 30 °C (Athens normal maximum temperature is about 5 °C higher). The minimum temperature record is -0.8 °C in the airport while in the port it has never dropped below 0 °C. Snowfalls are rare with the last significant snowfall with a measurable amount on the ground occurring in February 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heraklion falls in 11a <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-meteo.gr_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteo.gr-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:70%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Heraklion Port 10 m a.s.l. (2007-2024) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.7<br />(85.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(92.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(100.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(99.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.3<br />(100.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(77.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(38.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.7<br />(2.43) </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.0<br />(1.93) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(1.24) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(0.50) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(0.16) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.01) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(0.06) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(0.60) </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.8<br />(1.72) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(1.28) </td> <td style="background: #AFAFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.4<br />(2.10) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">318.6<br />(12.54) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/National_Observatory_of_Athens" title="National Observatory of Athens">National Observatory of Athens</a> Monthly Bulletins (May 2007 - Jan 2024) <sup id="cite_ref-meteo.gr_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteo.gr-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Heraklion Port N.O.A station <sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMO_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:70%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Heraklion 1955-2010 (<a href="/wiki/HNMS" class="mw-redirect" title="HNMS">HNMS</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.3<br />(106.3) </td> <td style="background: #E20000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.6<br />(110.5) </td> <td style="background: #D50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.5<br />(112.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(98.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #D50000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">44.5<br />(112.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.0<br />(3.58) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.0<br />(2.72) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.4<br />(2.10) </td> <td style="background: #D3FFD3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(1.11) </td> <td style="background: #EBFFEB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(0.53) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(0.11) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(0.04) </td> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(0.66) </td> <td style="background: #A6FFA6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.4<br />(2.34) </td> <td style="background: #A3FFA3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.6<br />(2.35) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.6<br />(3.37) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">480.9<br />(18.94) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3 </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">53.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.0 </td> <td style="background: #4646FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.6 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #4343FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.2 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">91.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.4 </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.4 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.9 </td> <td style="background: #1010FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.3 </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.2 </td> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">57.0 </td> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">57.1 </td> <td style="background: #1C1CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59.1 </td> <td style="background: #1212FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.9 </td> <td style="background: #0303FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000FA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.3 </td> <td style="background: #0C0CFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">63.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #B6B660; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119.9 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.3 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">181.5 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">234.8 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">298.5 </td> <td style="background: #FEFE30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">356.2 </td> <td style="background: #FEFE30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">368.3 </td> <td style="background: #F8F823; color:#000000;" class="notheme">343.5 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">275.8 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">206.9 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">145.5 </td> <td style="background: #B4B46C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">115.4 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,778.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/HNMS" class="mw-redirect" title="HNMS">HNMS</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: meteo-climat (extremes)<sup id="cite_ref-meteo-climat_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteo-climat-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p><a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a>(precipitation days - dew point 1961-1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <table style="width:70%;text-align:left;line-height:1.2" class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Heraklion </th></tr> <tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Jan </th> <th>Feb </th> <th>Mar </th> <th>Apr </th> <th>May </th> <th>Jun </th> <th>Jul </th> <th>Aug </th> <th>Sep </th> <th>Oct </th> <th>Nov </th> <th>Dec </th> <th style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th>Mean number of days with <a href="/wiki/Thunder" title="Thunder">thunder</a> </th> <td style="background-color: #E0FFC0; color: black;">3.6 </td> <td style="background-color: #E0FFC0; color: black;">3.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #E0FFC0; color: black;">2.9 </td> <td style="background-color: #E5FFCC; color: black;">1.8 </td> <td style="background-color: #E5FFCC; color: black;">1.5 </td> <td style="background-color: #FBFFFF; color: black;">0.9 </td> <td style="background-color: #FBFFFF; color: black;">0.2 </td> <td style="background-color: #FBFFFF; color: black;">0.1 </td> <td style="background-color: #E5FFCC; color: black;">1.2 </td> <td style="background-color: #CCFF99; color: black;">4.1 </td> <td style="background-color: #E0FFC0; color: black;">3.5 </td> <td style="background-color: #CCFF99; color: black;">4.4 </td> <td style="background-color: #E0FFC0; color: black;">27.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Mean number of days with <a href="/wiki/Hail" title="Hail">hail</a> </th> <td style="background-color: #F8F8FF; color: black;">0.3 </td> <td style="background-color: #F8F8FF; color: black;">0.6 </td> <td style="background-color: #F8F8FF; color: black;">0.5 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: black;">0.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #F8F8FF; color: black;">0.1 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: black;">0.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: black;">0.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: black;">0.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: black;">0.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: black;">0.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: black;">0.0 </td> <td style="background-color: #F8F8FF; color: black;">0.3 </td> <td style="background-color: #F8F8FF; color: black;">1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Average sea temperature °C (°F) </th> <td style="background:#FFFDF6;color:#000000;">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background:#F5F5FF;color:#000000;">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background:#F7F7FF;color:#000000;">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background:#FFFDF6;color:#000000;">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background:#FFCD2A;color:#000000;">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background:#FF8900;color:#000000;">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background:#FF5A00;color:#000000;">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background:#FF4C00;color:#000000;">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background:#FF5A00;color:#000000;">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background:#FF8300;color:#000000;">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background:#FFB800;color:#000000;">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background:#FFE388;color:#000000;">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background:#FFB500;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium">20.7<br />(69.3) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Mean daily daylight hours </th> <td style="background:#F0F011;color:#000000;">10.0 </td> <td style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;">11.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF33;color:#000000;">12.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;">13.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF55;color:#000000;">14.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF66;color:#000000;">15.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF55;color:#000000;">14.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;">13.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF33;color:#000000;">12.0 </td> <td style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;">11.0 </td> <td style="background:#F0F011;color:#000000;">10.0 </td> <td style="background:#F0F011;color:#000000;">10.0 </td> <td style="background:#FFFF34;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium">12.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">Ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;">3 </td> <td style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;">4 </td> <td style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;">5 </td> <td style="background:#f85900;color:#000000;">7 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">9 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">10 </td> <td style="background:#6b49c8;color:#000000;">11 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">10 </td> <td style="background:#d8001d;color:#000000;">8 </td> <td style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;">5 </td> <td style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;">3 </td> <td style="background:#289500;color:#000000;">2 </td> <td style="background:#f85900;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium">6.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="14" style="background:#f8f9fa;font-weight:normal;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA (days with thunder and hail 1961-1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="14" style="background:#f8f9fa;font-weight:normal;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Weather Atlas <sup id="cite_ref-Weather_Atlas_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weather_Atlas-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heraklion_ilmastodiagrammi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Heraklion_ilmastodiagrammi.png/250px-Heraklion_ilmastodiagrammi.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Heraklion_ilmastodiagrammi.png/330px-Heraklion_ilmastodiagrammi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Heraklion_ilmastodiagrammi.png/440px-Heraklion_ilmastodiagrammi.png 2x" data-file-width="491" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Climate graph of Heraklion</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_and_Research_Institutions">Educational and Research Institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Educational and Research Institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Crete" title="University of Crete">University of Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TEI_of_Crete" class="mw-redirect" title="TEI of Crete">Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU)</a> (Former TEI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MBS_College_of_Crete" title="MBS College of Crete">MBS College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Research_%26_Technology_-_Hellas" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas">Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Kitsikis" title="Nicolas Kitsikis">Nicolas Kitsikis</a> Library</li> <li>Vikelaia Library</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_High_School_of_Heraklion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd High School of Heraklion (page does not exist)">3rd High School of Heraklion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_High_School_of_Heraklion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th High School of Heraklion (page does not exist)">5th High School of Heraklion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mus%C3%A9e_histoire_naturelle_de_Cr%C3%A8te_%C3%A0_H%C3%A9raklion.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Mus%C3%A9e_histoire_naturelle_de_Cr%C3%A8te_%C3%A0_H%C3%A9raklion.JPG/250px-Mus%C3%A9e_histoire_naturelle_de_Cr%C3%A8te_%C3%A0_H%C3%A9raklion.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Mus%C3%A9e_histoire_naturelle_de_Cr%C3%A8te_%C3%A0_H%C3%A9raklion.JPG/500px-Mus%C3%A9e_histoire_naturelle_de_Cr%C3%A8te_%C3%A0_H%C3%A9raklion.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum_of_Crete" title="Natural History Museum of Crete">Natural History Museum of Crete</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Crete_(Heraklion).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Crete_%28Heraklion%29.jpg/250px-Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Crete_%28Heraklion%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Crete_%28Heraklion%29.jpg/375px-Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Crete_%28Heraklion%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Crete_%28Heraklion%29.jpg/500px-Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Crete_%28Heraklion%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Heraklion" title="Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion">Cultural and Conference Center</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pagkritio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Pagkritio.jpg/250px-Pagkritio.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Pagkritio.jpg/375px-Pagkritio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Pagkritio.jpg/500px-Pagkritio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pankritio_Stadium" title="Pankritio Stadium">Pankritio Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg/250px-Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg/375px-Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg/500px-Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_Indoor_Sports_Arena" title="Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena">Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum" title="Heraklion Archaeological Museum">Heraklion Archaeological Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretaquarium" title="Cretaquarium">Cretaquarium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_Museum_of_Crete" title="Historical Museum of Crete">Historical Museum of Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum_of_Crete" title="Natural History Museum of Crete">Natural History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_the_Battle_of_Crete" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of the Battle of Crete">The Battle of Crete and National Resistance Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis_Museum" title="Nikos Kazantzakis Museum">Nikos Kazantzakis Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collection_of_Agia_Aikaterini_of_Sinai" class="mw-redirect" title="Collection of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai">Collection of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Visual_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Visual Arts">Museum of Visual Arts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts">Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cultural_and_Conference_Center_of_Heraklion" title="Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion">Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion</a> is a centre for the performing arts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is home to several sports clubs. Most notably, Heraklion hosts <a href="/wiki/OFI_Crete_F.C." title="OFI Crete F.C.">OFI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ergotelis_F.C." title="Ergotelis F.C.">Ergotelis</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> clubs with earlier presence in the <a href="/wiki/Superleague_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Superleague Greece">Greek Superleague</a>, the top tier of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_football_league_system" title="Greek football league system">Greek football league system</a>. Furthermore, the city is the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Heraklion_Football_Clubs_Association" title="Heraklion Football Clubs Association">Heraklion Football Clubs Association</a>, which administers football in the <a href="/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)" title="Heraklion (regional unit)">entire region</a>. Other notable sport clubs include <a href="/wiki/Iraklio_B.C." title="Iraklio B.C.">Iraklio B.C.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>), <a href="/wiki/Atsalenios_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Atsalenios F.C.">Atsalenios</a> (football) and <a href="/wiki/P.A.S.A._Irodotos_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="P.A.S.A. Irodotos F.C.">Irodotos</a> (football) in the suburbs of <i>Atsalenio</i> and <a href="/wiki/Nea_Alikarnassos" title="Nea Alikarnassos">Nea Alikarnassos</a> respectively. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Notable Sport clubs based in Heraklion </th></tr> <tr> <th width="150">Club </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Sports </th> <th>Current Season </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/O.F.I._(sports_club)" title="O.F.I. (sports club)">OFI</a></td> <td>1925</td> <td><a href="/wiki/OFI_Crete_F.C." title="OFI Crete F.C.">Football</a>, <a href="/wiki/OFI_Crete_B.C." title="OFI Crete B.C.">Basketball</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Superleague_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Superleague Greece">Superleague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_C_Basket_League" title="Greek C Basket League">Greek C Basket League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_Club_Ergotelis" title="Gymnastics Club Ergotelis">Ergotelis</a></td> <td>1929</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ergotelis_F.C." title="Ergotelis F.C.">Football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ergotelis_B.C." title="Ergotelis B.C.">Basketball</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_(Greece)" title="Football League (Greece)">Football League</a>, Cretan Basket League </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iraklio_B.C." title="Iraklio B.C.">Iraklio</a></td> <td>1928</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>Cretan Basket League </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/P.A.S.A._Irodotos_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="P.A.S.A. Irodotos F.C.">Irodotos</a></td> <td>1932</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_(Greece)" title="Football League (Greece)">Football League</a>, Cretan Basket League </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atsalenios_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Atsalenios F.C.">Atsalenios</a></td> <td>1951</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamma_Ethniki" title="Gamma Ethniki">Gamma Ethniki</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_TV_stations">Local TV stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Local TV stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Channel 4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creta_Channel" title="Creta Channel">Creta Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kriti_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Kriti TV">Kriti TV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MyTV_(Greece)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MyTV (Greece) (page does not exist)">MyTV</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nikolaos_Kalliakis_(1645_-_1707).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Nikolaos_Kalliakis_%281645_-_1707%29.jpg/250px-Nikolaos_Kalliakis_%281645_-_1707%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Nikolaos_Kalliakis_%281645_-_1707%29.jpg/330px-Nikolaos_Kalliakis_%281645_-_1707%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Nikolaos_Kalliakis_%281645_-_1707%29.jpg/500px-Nikolaos_Kalliakis_%281645_-_1707%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="734" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Kalliakis" title="Nicholas Kalliakis">Nicholas Kalliakis</a> was a significant <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_humanism" title="Renaissance humanism">Renaissance humanist</a>, scholar and <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosopher</a> from Heraklion.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg/200px-El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg/300px-El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg/400px-El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3312" data-file-height="3668" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/El_Greco" title="El Greco">El Greco (Dominikos Theotokopoulos)</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyril-Lucaris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Cyril-Lucaris.jpg/250px-Cyril-Lucaris.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Cyril-Lucaris.jpg/330px-Cyril-Lucaris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Cyril-Lucaris.jpg/500px-Cyril-Lucaris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Lucaris" title="Cyril Lucaris">Cyril Lucaris</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazantzakis_Grab.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Kazantzakis_Grab.jpg/250px-Kazantzakis_Grab.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Kazantzakis_Grab.jpg/330px-Kazantzakis_Grab.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Kazantzakis_Grab.jpg/500px-Kazantzakis_Grab.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Epitaph on <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis" title="Nikos Kazantzakis">Nikos Kazantzakis</a>' grave. <i>I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I'm free</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Heraklion has been the home town of some of Greece's most significant people, including the novelist <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis" title="Nikos Kazantzakis">Nikos Kazantzakis</a> (best known for <i><a href="/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek" title="Zorba the Greek">Zorba the Greek</a></i>), the poet and Nobel Prize winner <a href="/wiki/Odysseas_Elytis" title="Odysseas Elytis">Odysseas Elytis</a> and the world-famous painter Domenicos Theotokopoulos (<a href="/wiki/El_Greco" title="El Greco">El Greco</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elli_Alexiou" title="Elli Alexiou">Elli Alexiou</a> (1894–1988) author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min%C3%A1s_Dim%C3%A1kis" class="mw-redirect" title="Minás Dimákis">Minás Dimákis</a> (1913–1980) poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odysseas_Elytis" title="Odysseas Elytis">Odysseas Elytis</a> (1911–1996) Nobel awarded poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tess_Fragoulis" title="Tess Fragoulis">Tess Fragoulis</a>, Greek-Canadian author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rea_Galanaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Rea Galanaki">Rea Galanaki</a> (born 1947) author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giritli_Ali_Aziz_Efendi" title="Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi">Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi</a> (1749–1798), author and diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis" title="Nikos Kazantzakis">Nikos Kazantzakis</a> (1883–1957) author</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Menelaos_Parlamas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Menelaos Parlamas (page does not exist)">Menelaos Parlamas</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Μενέλαος Παρλαμάς">el</a>]</span> (1911–1997) author and scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_Candia" title="Pedro de Candia">Pedro de Candia</a>, (1485–1542) author and travel writer, recorded the Spanish Conquest of the Americas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanos_Sahlikis" title="Stephanos Sahlikis">Stephanos Sahlikis</a> (1330 – after 1391) poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lili_Zografou" title="Lili Zografou">Lili Zografou</a> (1922–1998) author</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scientists_and_academia">Scientists and academia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Scientists and academia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Kalliakis" title="Nicholas Kalliakis">Nicholas Kalliakis</a> (1645–1707) <a href="/wiki/Greek_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek people">Greek</a> Cretan <a href="/wiki/Scholar" title="Scholar">scholar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Comneno_Papadopoli" title="Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli">Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli</a> (1655–1740) lawyer, historian and librarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Musalus" title="Andreas Musalus">Andreas Musalus</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1665</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1721</span>) <a href="/wiki/Greek_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek people">Greek</a> Cretan professor of mathematics, philosopher and architectural theorist<sup id="cite_ref-Accademia_nazionale_dei_Lincei_1977_429_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Accademia_nazionale_dei_Lincei_1977_429-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Barozzi" title="Francesco Barozzi">Francesco Barozzi</a> (1537–1604) mathematician and astronomer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Solomon_Delmedigo" title="Joseph Solomon Delmedigo">Joseph Solomon Delmedigo</a> (1591–1655) rabbi, author, physician, mathematician and musical theorist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fotis_Kafatos" title="Fotis Kafatos">Fotis Kafatos</a> biologist, President of the European Research Council</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spyros_Kokotos" title="Spyros Kokotos">Spyros Kokotos</a> (1933–present) architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Musurus" title="Marcus Musurus">Marcus Musurus</a> (Markos Mousouros) (1470–1517) scholar and philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_of_Candia" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter of Candia">Peter of Candia</a> also known as <a href="/wiki/Antipope_Alexander_V" title="Antipope Alexander V">Antipope Alexander V</a>: philosopher and scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sifakis" title="Joseph Sifakis">Joseph Sifakis</a> (1946–present) computer scientist, co-recipient of the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Turing_Award" title="Turing Award">Turing Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_N._Katehakis" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael N. Katehakis">Michael N. Katehakis</a> (1952–present) applied mathematician and operations researcher at <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerasimos_Vlachos" title="Gerasimos Vlachos">Gerasimos Vlachos</a> (1607–1685), scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Stratigo" title="Simone Stratigo">Simone Stratigo</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1733–1824), Greek mathematician and an Nautical science expert, whose family was from Heraklion (Candia)<sup id="cite_ref-Carlo_Capra,_Franco_Della_Peruta,_Fernando_Mazzocca_2002_pp.200_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlo_Capra,_Franco_Della_Peruta,_Fernando_Mazzocca_2002_pp.200-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Painting_and_sculpture">Painting and sculpture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Painting and sculpture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theophanes_the_Cretan" title="Theophanes the Cretan">Theophanes</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1500–1559) painter of icons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Damaskinos" title="Michael Damaskinos">Michael Damaskinos</a> (1530/35–1592/93) painter of icons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgios_Klontzas" title="Georgios Klontzas">Georgios Klontzas</a> (1535–1608) painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Greco" title="El Greco">El Greco</a> (1541–1614) mannerist painter, sculptor and architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yiannis_Parmakelis" title="Yiannis Parmakelis">Yiannis Parmakelis</a> (born 1932), sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Ritzos" title="Andreas Ritzos">Andreas Ritzos</a> (1422–1492) painter of icons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristidis_Vlassis" title="Aristidis Vlassis">Aristidis Vlassis</a> (1947–2015) painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konstantinos_Volanakis" title="Konstantinos Volanakis">Konstantinos Volanakis</a> (1837–1907) painter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_industry">Film industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Film industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rika_Diallina" class="mw-redirect" title="Rika Diallina">Rika Diallina</a> (born 1934), actress and model, Miss Hellas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Livykou" title="Ilya Livykou">Ilya Livykou</a> (1919–2002), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapfo_Notara" title="Sapfo Notara">Sapfo Notara</a> (1907–1985), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yannis_Smaragdis" title="Yannis Smaragdis">Yannis Smaragdis</a> (born 1946), film director</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rena_Kyriakou" title="Rena Kyriakou">Rena Kyriakou</a> (1918–1994) pianist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Leontaritis" title="Francisco Leontaritis">Francisco Leontaritis</a> (Francesco Londarit) (1518–1572) composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giannis_Markopoulos" class="mw-redirect" title="Giannis Markopoulos">Giannis Markopoulos</a> (born 1939) composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myron_Michailidis" title="Myron Michailidis">Myron Michailidis</a> (born 1968) conductor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manolis_Rasoulis" title="Manolis Rasoulis">Manolis Rasoulis</a> (1945–2011) lyrics writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notis_Sfakianakis" title="Notis Sfakianakis">Notis Sfakianakis</a> (born 1959) singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Platonos" title="Lena Platonos">Lena Platonos</a>, pianist</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francesco_barozzi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Francesco_barozzi.jpg/197px-Francesco_barozzi.jpg" decoding="async" width="197" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Francesco_barozzi.jpg/296px-Francesco_barozzi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Francesco_barozzi.jpg/394px-Francesco_barozzi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2551" data-file-height="3433" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Barozzi" title="Francesco Barozzi">Francesco Barozzi</a> </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spirituality">Spirituality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 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Machlas">Nikos Machlas</a> (born 1973), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgios_Samaras" title="Georgios Samaras">Georgios Samaras</a> (born 1985), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Massialas" title="Greg Massialas">Greg Massialas</a> (born 1956), American fencer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michalis_Karlis" title="Michalis Karlis">Michalis Karlis</a> (born 2003), basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgos_Giakoumakis" title="Giorgos Giakoumakis">Giorgos Giakoumakis</a> (born 1994), footballer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Business">Business</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Corniaktos" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine Corniaktos">Constantine Corniaktos</a> (1517–1603) wine merchant and wealthiest man in the Eastern European city of <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gianna_Angelopoulos-Daskalaki" title="Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki">Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki</a> (born 1955) business woman, lawyer and politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics_and_law">Politics and law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Politics and law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emin_Ali_Bedir_Khan" title="Emin Ali Bedir Khan">Emin Ali Bedir Khan</a> (1851–1926), Kurdish diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonidas_Kyrkos" title="Leonidas Kyrkos">Leonidas Kyrkos</a> (1924–2011), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristidis_Stergiadis" class="mw-redirect" title="Aristidis Stergiadis">Aristidis Stergiadis</a> (1861–1950) High Commissioner of Smyrna</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgios_Voulgarakis" title="Georgios Voulgarakis">Georgios Voulgarakis</a> (born 1959) conservative politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romilos_Kedikoglou" class="mw-redirect" title="Romilos Kedikoglou">Romilos Kedikoglou</a> (born 1940) President of the Court of Cassation of Greece</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clergy">Clergy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Clergy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maximos_Margunios" title="Maximos Margunios">Maximos Margunios</a> (1549–1602), bishop of Cyrigo (<a href="/wiki/Kythira" title="Kythira">Kythira</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Lucaris" title="Cyril Lucaris">Kyrillos Loukaris</a> (1572–1637) theologian, Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria as Cyril III and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Cyril I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meletius_Pegas" class="mw-redirect" title="Meletius Pegas">Meletius Pegas</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchs_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria">Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Theodore_II_of_Alexandria" title="Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria">Theodore II</a> (born 1954) Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Phillarges" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Phillarges">Peter Phillarges</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1339–1410) (also Pietro Di Candia, later <a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Alexander V">Pope Alexander V</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makarios_Griniezakis" class="mw-redirect" title="Makarios Griniezakis">Makarios Griniezakis</a> (born 1973) Greek Orthodox Archbishop of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsenios_Kardamakis" title="Arsenios Kardamakis">Arsenios Kardamakis</a> (born 1973) Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marcus_Musurus_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Marcus_Musurus_02.jpg/207px-Marcus_Musurus_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="207" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Marcus_Musurus_02.jpg/311px-Marcus_Musurus_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Marcus_Musurus_02.jpg/414px-Marcus_Musurus_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Musurus" title="Marcus Musurus">Marcus Musurus</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_and_sister_cities">Twin towns and sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Twin towns and sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heraklion is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Limassol" title="Limassol">Limassol</a>, Cyprus<sup id="cite_ref-Limassol_twinnings_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Limassol_twinnings-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Constan%C8%9Ba" title="Constanța">Constanța</a>, Romania (1992)<sup id="cite_ref-Cu_ce_oraşe_este_înfrăţit_municipiul_Constanţa?_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cu_ce_oraşe_este_înfrăţit_municipiul_Constanţa?-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a>, Ukraine (1992)<sup id="cite_ref-Greek_twinnings_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greek_twinnings-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" 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href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod</a>, Russia (2018)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tampa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa">Tampa</a>, United States (2019)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C4%8Cukarica" title="Čukarica">Čukarica</a>, Serbia (2019)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ningbo" title="Ningbo">Ningbo</a>, China (2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="margin: 1em auto; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background-color:#f8f8f8; clear: both; font-size:120%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td>   </td> <td> <b><a href="/wiki/Fira" title="Fira">Fira</a></b>  </td> <td>   </td></tr> <tr> <td> <b><a href="/wiki/Chania" title="Chania">Chania</a></b> – <b><a href="/wiki/Rethymno" title="Rethymno">Rethymno</a></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brosen_windrose.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Brosen_windrose.svg/250px-Brosen_windrose.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Brosen_windrose.svg/330px-Brosen_windrose.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td> <td> <b><a href="/wiki/Agios_Nikolaos,_Crete" title="Agios Nikolaos, Crete">Agios Nikolaos</a></b>     </td></tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/wiki/Tympaki" title="Tympaki">Tympaki</a> – <b><a href="/wiki/Moires" title="Moires">Moires</a></b> </td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Archanes" title="Archanes">Archanes</a>  </td> <td> <b><a href="/wiki/Ierapetra" title="Ierapetra">Ierapetra</a></b>  </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herklionview.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of the port from the fortress"><img alt="View of the port from the fortress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Herklionview.jpg/120px-Herklionview.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Herklionview.jpg/180px-Herklionview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Herklionview.jpg/240px-Herklionview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4290" data-file-height="2702" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of the port from the fortress</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boats_in_the_harbour_-_Heraklion,_Crete.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of the port"><img alt="View of the port" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Boats_in_the_harbour_-_Heraklion%2C_Crete.jpg/120px-Boats_in_the_harbour_-_Heraklion%2C_Crete.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Boats_in_the_harbour_-_Heraklion%2C_Crete.jpg/180px-Boats_in_the_harbour_-_Heraklion%2C_Crete.jpg 1.5x, 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class="gallerytext">Α part of the Venetian harbour (used as shipyards)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91_6380.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Phaistos Disk (2nd millennium BC) in Heraklion Archaeological Museum"><img alt="The Phaistos Disk (2nd millennium BC) in Heraklion Archaeological Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91_6380.JPG/120px-%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91_6380.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91_6380.JPG/180px-%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91_6380.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91_6380.JPG/240px-%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91_6380.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4557" data-file-height="3394" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Phaistos_Disk" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaistos Disk">Phaistos Disk</a> (2nd millennium BC) in <a href="/wiki/Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum" title="Heraklion Archaeological Museum">Heraklion Archaeological Museum</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Konrad_von_Gr%C3%BCnenberg_-_Beschreibung_der_Reise_von_Konstanz_nach_Jerusalem_-_Blatt_19v-20r.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Depiction of Candia, 1487"><img alt="Depiction of Candia, 1487" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Konrad_von_Gr%C3%BCnenberg_-_Beschreibung_der_Reise_von_Konstanz_nach_Jerusalem_-_Blatt_19v-20r.jpg/120px-Konrad_von_Gr%C3%BCnenberg_-_Beschreibung_der_Reise_von_Konstanz_nach_Jerusalem_-_Blatt_19v-20r.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Konrad_von_Gr%C3%BCnenberg_-_Beschreibung_der_Reise_von_Konstanz_nach_Jerusalem_-_Blatt_19v-20r.jpg/250px-Konrad_von_Gr%C3%BCnenberg_-_Beschreibung_der_Reise_von_Konstanz_nach_Jerusalem_-_Blatt_19v-20r.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2661" data-file-height="1876" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Depiction of Candia, 1487</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Idomeneas_fountain_4050559.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Idomeneas fountain"><img alt="Idomeneas fountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Idomeneas_fountain_4050559.JPG/120px-Idomeneas_fountain_4050559.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Idomeneas_fountain_4050559.JPG/180px-Idomeneas_fountain_4050559.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Idomeneas_fountain_4050559.JPG/240px-Idomeneas_fountain_4050559.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Idomeneas fountain</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jesus_Gate,_Heraklio_7153543.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Jesus Gate, part of the Fortifications of Heraklion"><img alt="Jesus Gate, part of the Fortifications of Heraklion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Jesus_Gate%2C_Heraklio_7153543.JPG/120px-Jesus_Gate%2C_Heraklio_7153543.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Jesus_Gate%2C_Heraklio_7153543.JPG/250px-Jesus_Gate%2C_Heraklio_7153543.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jesus Gate, part of the <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Heraklion" title="Fortifications of Heraklion">Fortifications of Heraklion</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chanioporta_and_Pantokratoras_Gate.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Chanioporta and Pantokratoras Gate"><img alt="Chanioporta and Pantokratoras Gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Chanioporta_and_Pantokratoras_Gate.JPG/120px-Chanioporta_and_Pantokratoras_Gate.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Chanioporta_and_Pantokratoras_Gate.JPG/180px-Chanioporta_and_Pantokratoras_Gate.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Chanioporta_and_Pantokratoras_Gate.JPG/240px-Chanioporta_and_Pantokratoras_Gate.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chanioporta and Pantokratoras Gate</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bebo_fountain_5142853.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Bembo fountain"><img alt="Bembo fountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bebo_fountain_5142853.JPG/120px-Bebo_fountain_5142853.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bebo_fountain_5142853.JPG/180px-Bebo_fountain_5142853.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bebo_fountain_5142853.JPG/240px-Bebo_fountain_5142853.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bembo fountain</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_7392.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Catherine Church"><img alt="Saint Catherine Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_7392.jpg/120px-%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_7392.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_7392.jpg/180px-%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_7392.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_7392.jpg/240px-%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_7392.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4632" data-file-height="3464" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Saint Catherine Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vue_du_siege_de_Candie_en_1669.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Depiction of the Siege of Candia"><img alt="Depiction of the Siege of Candia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Vue_du_siege_de_Candie_en_1669.jpg/120px-Vue_du_siege_de_Candie_en_1669.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Vue_du_siege_de_Candie_en_1669.jpg/180px-Vue_du_siege_de_Candie_en_1669.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Vue_du_siege_de_Candie_en_1669.jpg/240px-Vue_du_siege_de_Candie_en_1669.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1153" data-file-height="582" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Depiction of the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Candia" title="Siege of Candia">Siege of Candia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Matthew_of_the_Sinaites_5313056.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Matthew of the Sinaites Byzantine church"><img alt="St. Matthew of the Sinaites Byzantine church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/St_Matthew_of_the_Sinaites_5313056.JPG/120px-St_Matthew_of_the_Sinaites_5313056.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/St_Matthew_of_the_Sinaites_5313056.JPG/250px-St_Matthew_of_the_Sinaites_5313056.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>St. Matthew of the Sinaites</i> Byzantine church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Theodoros_Vardinogiannis_Stadium_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, home ground of OFI FC"><img alt="Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, home ground of OFI FC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Theodoros_Vardinogiannis_Stadium_2019.jpg/120px-Theodoros_Vardinogiannis_Stadium_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Theodoros_Vardinogiannis_Stadium_2019.jpg/250px-Theodoros_Vardinogiannis_Stadium_2019.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="854" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Theodoros_Vardinogiannis_Stadium" title="Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium">Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium</a>, home ground of <a href="/wiki/OFI_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="OFI FC">OFI FC</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_15.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior of the Fortress"><img alt="Interior of the Fortress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_15.jpg/120px-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_15.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_15.jpg/180px-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_15.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_15.jpg/240px-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_15.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4496" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior of the Fortress</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_monk_shows_the_Cretan_Saracens_where_to_build_Chandax.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A monk shows the Saracens where to build Chandax"><img alt="A monk shows the Saracens where to build Chandax" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/A_monk_shows_the_Cretan_Saracens_where_to_build_Chandax.jpg/120px-A_monk_shows_the_Cretan_Saracens_where_to_build_Chandax.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/A_monk_shows_the_Cretan_Saracens_where_to_build_Chandax.jpg/250px-A_monk_shows_the_Cretan_Saracens_where_to_build_Chandax.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1308" data-file-height="591" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A monk shows the Saracens where to build Chandax</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Candia_III.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Heraklion and its fortifications in 1651"><img alt="Map of Heraklion and its fortifications in 1651" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Candia_III.jpg/120px-Candia_III.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Candia_III.jpg/250px-Candia_III.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="395" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of Heraklion and its fortifications in 1651</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minoan_fresco_depicting_a_bull_leaping_scene,_found_in_Knossos,_1600-1400_BC,_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum,_Crete_(30547636456).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Minoan fresco depicting a bull leaping scene, found in Knossos, 1600-1400 BC, Heraklion Archaeological Museum"><img alt="Minoan fresco depicting a bull leaping scene, found in Knossos, 1600-1400 BC, Heraklion Archaeological Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Minoan_fresco_depicting_a_bull_leaping_scene%2C_found_in_Knossos%2C_1600-1400_BC%2C_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Crete_%2830547636456%29.jpg/120px-Minoan_fresco_depicting_a_bull_leaping_scene%2C_found_in_Knossos%2C_1600-1400_BC%2C_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Crete_%2830547636456%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Minoan_fresco_depicting_a_bull_leaping_scene%2C_found_in_Knossos%2C_1600-1400_BC%2C_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Crete_%2830547636456%29.jpg/180px-Minoan_fresco_depicting_a_bull_leaping_scene%2C_found_in_Knossos%2C_1600-1400_BC%2C_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Crete_%2830547636456%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Minoan_fresco_depicting_a_bull_leaping_scene%2C_found_in_Knossos%2C_1600-1400_BC%2C_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Crete_%2830547636456%29.jpg/240px-Minoan_fresco_depicting_a_bull_leaping_scene%2C_found_in_Knossos%2C_1600-1400_BC%2C_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Crete_%2830547636456%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4408" data-file-height="2231" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Minoan fresco depicting a bull leaping scene, found in Knossos, 1600-1400 BC, Heraklion Archaeological Museum</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Technological_Research_of_Crete" title="Centre for Technological Research of Crete">Centre for Technological Research of Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Agency_for_Cybersecurity" title="European Union Agency for Cybersecurity">European Network and Information Security Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Research_%26_Technology_-_Hellas" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas">Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lions_Square" title="Lions Square">Lions Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minoan_civilization" title="Minoan civilization">Minoan civilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Candia" title="Siege of Candia">Siege of Candia</a> (1648–1669)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TEI_of_Crete" class="mw-redirect" title="TEI of Crete">TEI of Crete</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraklion&action=edit&section=47" 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Weather Atlas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190127220259/https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/greece/heraklion-climate">Archived</a> from the original on 27 January 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Heraklion%2C+Greece+-+Monthly+weather+forecast+and+Climate+data&rft.pub=Weather+Atlas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.weather-atlas.com%2Fen%2Fgreece%2Fheraklion-climate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeraklion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLathrop_C._Harper1886" class="citation book cs1">Lathrop C. 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T. Fellowes. p. 425. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/309809847">309809847</a>. <q>CALLIACHI, (Nicholas,) a native of Candia, where he was born in 1645. He studied at Rome for ten years, at the end of which time he was made doctor of philosophy and theology. In 1666 he was invited to Venice, to take the chair of professor of the Greek and Latin languages, and of the Aristotelic philosophy; and in 1677 he was appointed professor of belles-lettres at Padua, where he died in 1707. His works on antiquities are valuable, and have been published by the marquis Poloni in the third volume of his Supplement to the Thesaurus Antiquitatum.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+new+general+biographical+dictionary%2C+Volume+5&rft.pages=425&rft.pub=T.+Fellowes&rft.date=1857&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F309809847&rft.au=Rose%2C+Hugh+James&rft.au=Rose%2C+Henry+John&rft.au=Wright%2C+Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeraklion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Accademia_nazionale_dei_Lincei_1977_429-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Accademia_nazionale_dei_Lincei_1977_429_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Convegno internazionale nuove idee e nuova arte nell '700 italiano, Roma, 19–23 maggio 1975</i>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.limassolmunicipal.com.cy/twin.html">the original</a> on 2013-04-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-07-29</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Limassol+%28Lemesos%29+Municipality&rft.atitle=Limassol+Twinned+Cities&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.limassolmunicipal.com.cy%2Ftwin.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeraklion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cu_ce_oraşe_este_înfrăţit_municipiul_Constanţa?-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cu_ce_oraşe_este_înfrăţit_municipiul_Constanţa?_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/diverse/stiri-calde/cu-ce-orase-este-infratit-municipiul-constanta-688467.html">"Cu ce oraşe este înfrăţit municipiul Constanţa?"</a>. <i>Ziua de Constanța</i>. 7 April 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190408143439/https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/diverse/stiri-calde/cu-ce-orase-este-infratit-municipiul-constanta-688467.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2019-04-08<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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