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A little South-East of Rethymno lies the Arkadi monastery. A beautiful and intact monastery from the 16th century.
In Crete you will find many of these, but this one has a story:
Arkadi was well known for it's science, art, wine and olive-oil. But the story people now remember is the one of the Cretan Resistance. The Ottoman empire, that occupied Crete, held great interest in the monastery.
After having been pillaged many times, the Cretans managed to take it back from the Turks. When troops of the Ottoman empire in November 1866 began their final attack to retake it, the 964 people that were sheltering there blew themselves up in the powder room. They would rather die than be captured.
This lead to heavy and shocked reactions from the rest of the world. Which in turn was like a snowball effect which lead to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Crete and Greece.
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Sunset at Kalamaki beach, looking towards Stalos, Agia Marina and Platanias.
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Beach of Kalamaki. Looking towards Xenios Dias and Agios Apostolis.
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The big anchor just outside the national museum at the old Venetian harbor of Chania.
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The right side of the old town of Chania. This is the Byzantine part, near the fishrestaurants at the old harbor.
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