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Zakros: the discovery of a lost palace of ancient Crete by Nikolaos Platon
The Sea Kings: The Prophecy by Les Cole
Fallschirmjagers in Crete by Jean-Yves Nasse
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The Moon over Crete by Jyotsna Sreenivasan
Blue Guide Crete, Seventh Edition by Pat Cameron
The Rough Guide to Crete (Crete (Rough Guides)) by John Fisher
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Crete by John Freely
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Crete
This article is about the Greek island of Crete. For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation).
Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the Greek island closest to North Africa.
It has an area of 8,300 square kilometres, a coastline of 1,040 kilometres, and a population of over 500,000. It consists of four prefectures: Chania, Rethimno, Heraklion and Lasithi. It has three significant airports, Nikos Kazantzakis at Heraklion, military airport Daskalogiannis at Chania and the new Public Airport (opened 2004) in Sitia. Among its principal cities are Heraklion (Iraklion), Chania, Rethimno, Agios Nikolaos, Ierapetra, Sitia.
Tourist attractions in Crete include archeological sites at Knossos, Phaistos, Gortys and many other places, the Venetian castle in Rethimno, the Samaria Gorge and many other minor gorges (Agia Irini, Aradena, etc).
Crete was the location of Minoan civilization (3000-1400 BC) one of the first civilizations in Europe.
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