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Hraklio is the capital of the homonym prefecture. It is the biggest of all the other cities of Crete with 85000 thousands inhabitants. Arabians built it in 824 b.c and it was called Xandax. It is surrounded from old Venetian walls which have total length 5km. Their construction has started in 1462 and lasted for more than 100 years.

 
It is the biggest and the most important fort of Europe. The city and the surroundings show a lot of sightseeing. From Hraklio’s port is carried on a big export commercial. The most important archeological monuments of Hraklio are Knosos.


To the northeastern side of Eleuferia’s square it is located the archeological museum where are a lot of archeological monuments which are discovered to the main archeological places of Crete, Knoso, Faisto, malia, Zarko e.t.c.

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The visitor must know that for a normal visit it needs almost 2 hours to stay to the exhibition hall of the museum. There is also the Hraklio’s historic museum, which has a lot of exhibits from the beginning of Christianism till today.

 
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