Old Venetian Harbor

Afternoon light (1, 2)

Pastel shades

Old town buildings

Ottoman era mosque of the
Janissaries built in 1645

Harbor view (1, 2)

Venetian harbor (1, 2, 3)

Lighthouse at harbor
entrance (1, 2)

Lined with eateries (more)

Late evening view

Harbor front shops (1, 2)

Harbor front eateries

Virgin Mary Holy
Metropolitan Orthodox
Church

Platia Athinagora square
with Orthodox cathedral

Halidon Street

Halidon Street

Byzantine wall of Chania

From Hellenistic times to
the 7th century (more)

Wall separating old town
from Acropolis (more)

Wall fragment

Museum entrance

In a restored 16 c. church

Inside the museum

Tablets w/ economic data
about crops & animals

Key source of Minoan script
Linear A and Mycenean
script Linear B

Linear B inscription from
13th century BCE

Clay figurines, 4 c. BCE

Sealings that showed
integrity of packaging

Triclinium of the house of
Dionysos, 3 c. CE (info)

Impression from Seal,
15 c. BCE (seal, info)

Clay corks with & without
seal impressions (info)

<Daedalic> Pithos
7 cent. BCE (info)