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30/08/2024

19/08/2024

Full moon rise 🌕 @ακόλουθοι

03/08/2024

This is Crete! Good morning!!

01/08/2024

Dearest Cornelia, Thank you for the very nice photos!! Cornelia Malm Palazzo Arhontiko Apartments

20/07/2024

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Από τον ΔΕΔΔΗΕ περιοχής Αγίου Νικολάου ανακοινώνεται ότι λόγω απαιτήσεων τεχνικών εργασιών στα δίκτυα του, θα γίνει διακοπή ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος στις παρακάτω περιοχές την Κυριακή 21/07/2024 από τις 06:00 έως τις 07:00.

*Περιοχή ΟΤΕ
*Λιμάνι Αγίου Νικολάου
*Κιτροπλατεία
*Περιοχή Λίμνης Αγίου Νικολάου
*Περιοχή παραλιακού
*Οδός θεμιστοκλέους
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❗ ATTENTION! Scheduled power cut for:
👉SUNDAY 21/07/2024 | 06:00-07:00

Due to technical work requirements in its networks, there will be a power outage on Sunday 21/07/2024 from 06:00 to 07:00 in the whole city of Agios Nikolaos and in particular the following areas:
*OTE area
*Agios Nikolaos port
*Kitroplatia
*Agios Nikolaos Lake area
*Coastal area
*Themistokleous Street

06/06/2024

Again!!!😇😇

01/06/2024

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The locals claim that it’s bottomless and is connected to the deeper regions of the underworld. They will also tell you that it’s an ancient volcanic vent and that it’s connected by deep underground channels with the active volcano at Santorini.
None of that is true, of course, but the real story of the lake is no less impressive. It is much deeper than any part of the adjacent sea for many kilometers offshore, for example.
The first recorded measurement of the lake’s depth was made in November 1851 when the British naval surveyor Captain Thomas Spratt determined that it was 210 feet deep at the center (64 meters).
An early geologist, Spratt, also realized that it could not be volcanic in origin because of the complete absence of igneous rocks in the area.
We know today that the lake fills a deep funnel-shaped sinkhole, formed when an ancient cave grew so large that it could no longer support the weight of rock above it.
The collapse would have been sudden and catastrophic, but it occurred long before humans arrived on the island. Looking around the lake area today, it’s still possible to see the wide bowl that was created as the cave collapsed.
Captain Spratt also noted that the lake was ‘brackish’ (freshwater but polluted with enough seawater to make it undrinkable) and overflowed via a small stream into the nearby sea. He assumed that the lake was being fed with fresh water by an underground stream.
When the cave collapsed to form the sinkhole the underground stream would have filled it with fresh water until it overflowed into the sea. This is the lake that Captain Spratt saw in November 1851.
By the late 1860’s, however, the lake had become stagnant and smelly, and it was known locally as Vromolimni, or the stinky lake, in other words. The most likely cause of this stagnation was a massive earthquake that devastated north-eastern Crete in the early morning of October 12, 1856.
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21/05/2024

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🔘Minoan Palace of Knossos🔘
•Located in Knossos the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city.

•Amazingly after being buried for many centuries the Palace of Knossos has kept its colors and interesting wall paintings.

•The palace was destroyed by a tsunami wave caused by the volcanic eruption of Santorini in about 1,500 BC.

•Construction of the palace appears to have begun around 1950 B.C by the Minoan civilization.

•It covers about 150,000 square feet (14,000 square meters), the size of more than two football fields.

•The palace of Knossos eventually became the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture.

•It was discovered in the early 20th century by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans.

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15/05/2024

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