Staying In A Crete Heraklion Hotel

Stay in crete heraklion hotels and uncover the city's hidden secrets! When the Venetians seized Crete in 1210, the Latin archbishop of Crete occupied and stayed at the church of St. Titus in Heraklion. The Archdiocese's palace was located opposite the church's sanctuary, where the Palace of the Union of Agricultural Unions now stands, and its sculpted entrance door was retained until the end. Following Hadaka's capitulation to the Turks in 1669, all the relics were removed to Italy, and the tomb was turned into a mosque by Hadaka's conqueror, Kiproulou, recognized as the Vizier Mosque. The original edifice was damaged by the quake of 1856 and was reconstructed on the old roots with a design by Athan. Muse, the architect of Megalo Ag. Month's church.

The structure was completed in 1872. As Xanthoudidis puts it, "this elegant architectural accomplishment, which was unrivaled in Crete," with its many skylights, curved and arched forms, now has an Arabic look and is thus a monument. Following the exchange of inhabitants under the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, the Church of Crete occupied the mosque and renovated and fitted it to Christian worship, while it was re-established in the Orthodox Church by the Apostle of Crete Tito in 1925, after 716 years. There was a very high minaret with two sheriffs that was removed at the spot where a belfry now stands.