THE PRESENTATION OF OUR

REGION

WAS CREATED BY THE PUPILS OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL OF KOKKINI CHANI

ERASMUS+ COOL - GOAL
GRETE , AN ISLAND OF GREECE
 HERAKLIO

Heraklion is the largest urban centre in Crete

with approximately 175,000 people, the
capital of the region and the economic centre
of the island. The town enjoys of a dynamic
and imaginative combination of natural beauty
climate, strategic position, cultural heritage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4gH7I2
26E
ROCCA AL MARE
THE KOULES CASTLE DOMINATES THE MODERN
PORT OF HERAKLION. IT IS A MASSIVE
FORTRESS WITH TWO FLOORS THAT USED TO
GUARD THE ENTRY TO THE PORT. THE CASTLE
WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE VENETIANS IN
THE EARLY 13TH CENTURY, AND WAS
CALLED ROCCA AL MARE, BUT IS NOW
KNOWN BY ITS TURKISH NAME, KOULES.
OUR REGION KOKKINI CHANI IS LOCATED
14 KM EAST HRAKLEIO
OUR BEACHES AT THE KOKKINI XANI
The area is a very well developed
resort, surrounded by the many crops
cultivated in the plain of the area
The name of the site means
“Kokkinis’s Inn” and is taken after
an inn that operated here in the
early 1900s, by someone called
Kokkinis
The area has many beaches,
protected by artificial small piers.
The beaches are sandy and have
shallow turquoise waters.
 THE AQUARIUM OF CRETE IS PART OF
THALASSOKOSMOS THE LARGEST
COMPLEX FOR MARINE RESEARCH,
TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERTAINMENT IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA, THAT HAS
ESTABLISHED ITS FUNCTION AND ITS
THE AQUARIUM DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE AND DISCOVERIES IN
MARINE SCIENCE
ARCHEOLOGICAL PLACE OF
KNOSSOS
 KNOSSOS

• The center of Minoan civilization and capital of Minoan Crete lay 5km south
of Heraklion.
• Knossos flourished for approximately two thousand years. It had large
palace buildings, extensive workshop installations and luxurious rock-cut
cave and tholos tomb. It was a major center of trade and the economy.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btGGTkext5k
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkgz6JvHboA
 THE PHAISTOS DISC
THIS MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF MINOAN PICTOGRAPHIC SCRIPT, UNIQUE IN ITS KIND,
WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE A SMALL ROOM OF THE PHAISTOS PALACE. UNTIL NOW SEVERAL
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TEXT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED, NONE OF WHICH IS
ENTIRELY CONVINCING.
ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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