Monochromes from Eastern Crete

Crete, Greece, 12 October 2018.

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Venetian Harbour and the Koules Fortress. (First night in Crete).

Thira to Heraklion.

An ancient building below our hotel room, with the roof in need of repair.

An old ruined boat fenced off beside the harbour.

South House.

Knossos.

Large pithoi (storage jars), South Propylæum, Postpalatial Period (1450-1100BC).

Octopus fresco, in situ.

The Throne Room.

Surprisingly, it’s an elaborate jug.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum.

The “Snake Goddess”.

Large jars with impressive decorations.

Burial in a wide-mouthed Pithos. Neopalatial period 1700-1450BC.

Fishing Nets.

Thira to Heraklion.

Night concert.

The Orthodox Church of Agia Fotini.

Heraklion to Zakros.

Paralia Tholos.

House B in Block Beta, Palaikastro Minoan Town.

Minoan Palace of Zakros.

Zakros.

Rear of Lustral Basin with base for a column.

Nisida Kafali and Nisida Kavallos.

Zakros to Matala.

Paralia Mazida Amnos.

Roadside shrine.

A couple exploring the historic caves of Matala.

Section of Citadel wall, Acropolis of Gortyn.

Gortyn.

Church of St Titus in Gortyn, from the Acropolis.

Largest remaining citadel wall, Gortyn Acropolis.

Landscape with ruins and olive trees from Gortyn Acropolis.

Zakros to Matala

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Zakros, Crete, Greece, 14 October 2018.

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After visiting the ancient Minoan site at Zakros (previous post) we travelled along the south coast to Matala.

Nisida Kafali and Nisida Kavallos.

Paralia Mazida Amnos (the islands are offshore).

Ierapetra.

Somewhere between Ierapetra and Matala, but closer to Matala.

Another of the wonderful little roadside shrines (iconostases or kandilakia).

They commemorate lives both lost and saved, usually road accidents.

We have now reached Matala and it is very late in the afternoon. This and the next images appears to be taken from out hotel room.

Some of the famous caves of Matala.

They date back to neolithic times and one is reputed to have been the residence of Brutus for a time. “Hippies” lived in them in the 70s, including Joni Mitchell, who sang about her time there in Carey and also in a verse in California, both from her 1971 album Blue.