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This is
where everything begins and ends. You don’t have the right image of
Crete if you visit only the famous palaces of Knossos and Phaistos, or
the rooms of Heraklion’s superb Archaeological Museum. For Crete is not
just tradition and history; it is mainly nature, light, people, and a
living place, which you cannot see inside the labyrinth of myth. You
cannot see Crete that way, because it is not just a sight, it is
something vital. Here, Zeus transformed himself into a white bull and
took the lovely Europa, fathering the Minotaur, and giving the continent
its name. |