Heraklion

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Description

This is a view of the port city of Heraklion on mainland Crete from the ocean. There are boats moored in the harbor and many buildings, including a fortress built on a peninsula that extends out into the water.

Place name

Iráklion (inhabited place)

Subject

Landscape
Ocean

Notes

This city was the capital of Crete. The fortress pictured dates to the Venetian occupation of Crete.

Date photographed

April 1975

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sackett_032.jpg

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