Iráklion, Greece view on map

planetware.com:
Iráklion's principal tourist attraction, and one of the most important sights in the whole of Crete, is the Archeological Museum (Kretikón Mouseion) in the eastern part of the old town, which displays the magnificent finds from Knossos, Phaistós, Ayía Triáda and other sites on the island, illustrating the splendid pre-Greek cultures which flourished from the fifth millennium B.C. onwards. Read more from http://www.planetware.com/herakleion/herakleion-ar...

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Area of island: 1,398 sq. km/540 sq. mi Altitude: 1,215m/3,985ft Population: 91,000 Chief town: Rhodes Rhodes, the "Island of Roses" (actually of hibiscus), the largest of the Dodecanese and the fourth largest Greek island (after Crete, Euboea and Lésbos), is one element in the island bridge which extends from the Peloponnese by way of Crete and Kárpathos to Asia Minor, from which it is only 18km/11mi distant. Read more from http://www.planetware.com/greece/rhodes-gr-aeg-rho...

planetware.com:
85,000), two-thirds of the way along the north coast of Crete, is the island's largest town, its administrative center and most important commercial port, and the see of an Orthodox archbishop. Read more from http://www.planetware.com/greece/herakleion-herakl...

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Area of island: 186 sq. km/72 sq. mi Altitude: 771m/2,530ft Population: 8,500 Chief place: Páros (Parikía) Páros, lying some 8km/5mi west of Náxos, is occupied by a range of hills of gently rounded contours, rising to 771m/2530ft in Mt Profítis Ilías (rewarding climb, with guide; magnificent panoramic views). Read more from http://www.planetware.com/greece/paros-gr-aeg-paro...

wikipedia.org:
In 961 ,the Byzantines ,under the command of Nikiforos Fokas ,later to become Byzantine Emperor ,attacked and defeated the city, slaughtered the Saracens, looted the city, and burned it to the ground. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion

planetware.com:
The Historical Museum, in the northern part of the old town of Herakleion, displays Cretan folk art and relics of the period of Turkish rule. Read more from http://www.planetware.com/herakleion/historical-mu...