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Some interesting facts about Crete:

• Crete – Motherland for the most ancient European civilization, whose history was written by Homer, Plato and Aristotle.
• Crete still is the most biggest historical mystery in Europe.
• The history of Crete – is more ancient than the history of Europe as continent.
• Crete is identified as The Legendary Atlantis - the huge island, that sank to the bottom of the sea 11 thousand years ago.
• The Minoans had ships with perfect hydrodynamics.
• In Crete Europe’s first code of law was established.
• Minos, if true according to the legend, was one of the Zeus sons.
• In Minoans community the woman's role was decisive.
• In Crete Europe’s first code of law was established.
• The first wine came to Europe from Crete.
• During the ancient times the cultivating of olives was started.
• In Crete Europe’s first code of law was established.
• According to a legend, the king of the Olympian gods- Zeus was born in Crete. As the legend says, he was also buried here, in a cave near the village Archanes.
• There was a time when the whole Mediterranean and even Athens were paying the taxes to the king Minos.
• In the beginning of XX century an English archeologist Arthur Evans excavated the remains of the legendary palace of Minos in Knossos and this sensational discovery showed to the world the great ancient civilization, called The Minoans. 
• Minoan laws were the basis for the law system in Sparta and Ancient Greece.
• The labyrinth of the Minotaur is the famous Minoan palace of Knossos, which is in a suburb of the capital of Crete, Heraklion.
• Daedalus - the architect and creator of the palace of Knossos. He made his escape from Crete by making wings to fly away.
• The Icarian Sea is called in the honor of Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who fled in the sky together with his father and died in the see.
• Until now no one can decipher the famous disk that was found in the Minoan city of Phaistos.
• During the ancient times the cultivating of olives was started.
• Crete is located on the crossroads of three parts of the world: Europe, Africa and Asia, almost at equal distances from the three continents. Crete belongs to Greece and is the most southern point in Europe.
• Hippocrates prescribed the air of Crete as pure for the healing of many diseases.
• For many years the fresh waters of Crete were recognized as the best in the Mediterranean.
• Many beaches of the Crete are marked with “Blue Flag” of the EU (this award is the most ecologically clean beaches and resorts).
• Water clarity in the coastal waters of Crete sometimes reaches 40 m.
• In Crete there are more than 3,000 caves and 100 canyons and also the longest gorge in Europe.
• Some types of Cretan flora and fauna can not found anywhere else in the world.