The Cretan Lyra Museum is deeply rooted in the island’s culture and music. The lyra is the island’s traditional musical instrument, and tourists will hear it played in all of Crete’s villages, particularly in the interior. This museum is really a Cretan lyra workshop. This workshop was created by Manolis Stagakis, a well-known lyra artist, in 1940. (lyraris). When the Read more…

A modest yet wonderfully classical edifice is beside Loggia in Petichaki square, in the center of Rethymno’s ancient town. During Venetian authority, the Rimondi fountain was created in 1626. It was named for the Venetian ruler of the time, A. Rimondi, and it continuously hurled water from three springs in the shape of lion heads, providing a vital source of Read more…

The Neratze Mosque, also known as Gazi Hussein Mosque, is located near Petichaki Square in Rethymno. It began as a Venetian church dedicated to Santa Maria before becoming an Augustinian Monastery. When the Turks took control of the town in 1657, however, their leader, Gazi Hussein Pasha, converted it into a mosque. Three additional dwellings were added as part of Read more…

In the heart of the Venetian Fortezza stands the Ibrahim Han Mosque. The mosque, which is located close to the Rector’s home, was erected in 1580 as a Venetian church dedicated to Saint Nicholas. When the Turks conquered Rethymno in 1646, Sultan Ibrahim Han transformed it into an Ottoman mosque, and it was given his name. The structure of the Read more…

The Society of Friends of Education created the Rethymnon Archaeological Museum in 1887. The museum has been situated in the Pentagon bastion opposite Fortezza’s main gate since 1991, while the museum’s gift store is located in Lotzia. The museum houses artifacts from numerous ancient locations, caverns, and excavations around the Rethymnon Prefecture in Crete. From the Late Neolithic and Proto-Minoan Read more…

The Loggia of Rethymno is a 16th-century Venetian structure located in the heart of Rethymno’s Old Town. It’s a lovely square structure with three visible walls and three equal semicircular arches on each. The ground-level entry is provided by the central arch. There is no aperture on the southern side of this exquisite construction. The Loggia of Rethymno was formerly Read more…