Crete Collection (page 5)

Greece, Crete - Chania - Panorama
Panoramic view over the rooftops of Chania, Crete, Greece

Greece, Crete - Chania - Boulevard Prince Constantine

Greece, Crete - Iraklion - Venetian Fountain

Greece, Crete - Chania - Piazza Splanzia
Chania, Crete, Greece - Piazza Splanzia

Greece, Crete - Chania - Suda Bay
Greece, Crete - Chania - Panoramic View of Souda Bay

Greece, Crete - Chania - General View

Greece, Crete - Iraklion - The Venetian fortress
Greece, Crete - Iraklion. The Venetian fortress of Rocca al Mare (1523-1540) guards the inner harbor

Greece, Crete - Chania - The Port
The Port of Chania - looking inland. A number of large sailing ships are moored against the quayside

Greece, Crete - Iraklion - The Port

Greece, Crete - Chania - Panoramic View
A panoramic looking out to see over the rooftops of Chania, Crete

Greece, Crete - Chania - Muslims at prayer in the Mosque

A woman from Crete in the costume of the Hanoums (Turkish)

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and Crete
In this cartoon postcard, John Bull, and personifications of France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia watch on, as Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) wields a knife in a dispute over Crete

Heraklion, Greece
Heraklion (or Iraklion) is the largest city and capital of Crete. Its name is also spelled Herakleion, a transliteration of the ancient Greek and Katharevousa or Iraklio, among other variants

Pavlos Giparis (1880 - 1966). Born in Crete, he fought during the struggle for Ottoman Macedonia between Greek and Bulgarian guerrillas, 1904 - 1908

Three Little Donkeys from Crete

Lear / Nonsense / Crete
There was a Young Person of Crete, whose toilette was far from complete; She dressed in a sack, spickle-speckled with black, that ombliferous person of Crete

Crete Revolt
Encampment of insurgents : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Prince George in Crete
Prince George, son of the king of Greece, arrives in Crete as High Commissioner after the Turks have been expelled. He is welcomed enthusiastically by the populace

Crete Revolt - 2
Turkish camp in Souda Bay : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Crete Revolt - 3
The insurgents besiege Castel- Skiphos. The people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Crete Revolt - 6
Antonoussa Castanopoulos, a Cretan insurgent in the unsuccessful attempt to throw off Turkish rule

Crete Revolt - 4
The battle of Saint-Hieromeli is one of many bitter engagements between the insurgents and the Turks, but the insurrection will ultimately fail

Crete Revolt - 5
A Cretan insurgent in the unsuccessful attempt to throw off Turkish rule

Europa and the Bull
Zeus sees Europa sporting on the beach with her friends, takes a fancy to her, changes himself into a bull and carries her off to Crete

Theseus & Ariadne
Ariadne, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, helps Theseus overcome the Minotaur, and then accompanies him to Naxos, where he deserts her - here he says goodbye while she weeps

EL GRECO / 1541-1614
EL GRECO DOMENIKOS THEOTOKOPOULOS Spanish painter, born in Crete. Known mainly for his works on religious subjects

Theseus Tells Ariadne
He tells Ariadne, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, that - with her help - he has overcome the Minotaur which was menacing the island

Europa (Munzer)
Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon

Europa (Flameng)
Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon

Europa (Nicholls)
Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon

Europa (Anon C18)
Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon

Minos, King of Crete
MINOS, legendary king of Crete. His dates, and even his existence, are uncertain, but his name is given to an archeological era of which we have many superb images

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