Cydonia, Alchania, La Canea, Chania...

The Venice of the East, the city of jasmine, the diamond of Crete! Myths, beliefs, ancient kings and conquerors Wolverines envied her beauty, elevate Chania dream in a city, in a town legend.

Today, having well kept secret of the centuries, waiting with nostalgia new cultures to teach history and again, to give light again ...

Roman Theatre of ancient Aptera

The Theater of ancient Aptera is located on the south wall of the ancient city, near the southeastern entrance. Its current form belongs to the Roman phase and emerged after the radical alteration of the earlier Hellenistic theater. The seats were repositioned in a created base, while the scene was replaced by a Roman one, more imposing. In the later years it was built a limekiln in the centre, which altered the construction of the theater. The manufacturers had integrated architectural parts of the theater, while the limestone benches were the raw material for the manufacture of lime. The diameter of the trough (54.68 m) was corresponding to 26 rows of seats.

Today only 43 seats and part of the central scale are conserved. There are also revealed 13 lowest levels of foundation because of the newer interventions of leveling for field crops. The scene is formed by three large niches, corresponded to three doors, while at east and west of the proscenium were formed the backstage. Today there have been performed works of maintenance and enhancement by the Archaeological Service.

Archaeological area of Kastelli (Kanevaro)

The archaeological excavation Kanevaro Street, which began in 1964 and continues today in collaboration with the Swedish School, has uncovered an important Minoan settlement.In an area of 550 square meters and in a depth of 2m., were uncovered sections of streets and houses, pottery, fragments of tables in Linear A and other objects of the Early Minoan and Middle Minoan period.

The Byzantine Wall

The Byzantine Wall surrounds the hill of Kastelli and is one of the most important monuments of the old city because it is classical and very well conserved. It has an irregular outline and it was constructed in the 7th century A.C, with building material from ancient Kydonia, on the remains of older fortification of the Hellenistic period.

Chapel of Virgin Mary of Renier

The Chapel of Virgin Mary of Renier is a small family chapel, built in the buildings that once constituted Palazzo Renier, in Moschon Street in the old town of Chania. It is a small building of the 16th century with entrance from the north, with traces mural paintings in the interior, associating it with the apartments of the Palace of Renier.

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