Old Town Chania:
Port of the Conquerers
Stop and think for a moment about all the civilizations who have controlled the harbor city of Chania:
– Minoans, one of the first major civilizations in Europe.
– Byzantine.
– Ancient Venetians.
– Ottoman Turks.
– Cretean self-rule.
– Royal Greece.
– Nazi Germany.
– Modern Greece.
This should go a long way, then, towards explaining why the Old Town of Chania feels so evocative of some convoluted and multicultural history.
Ottoman minarets, Greek Orthodox churches, and Venetian fortifications all mix and mingle into one lovely diverse whole. The one question must ask myself: why didn’t I spend more time down here with a camera?!
