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Η Σπιναλόγκα είναι ένα μικρό νησάκι το οποίο κλείνει από τα βόρεια τον κόλπο της Ελούντας στην Επαρχία Μεραμπέλλου του νομού Λασιθίου Κρήτης. Το αρχαίο του όνομα ήταν Καλυδών αλλά μετά την κατάληψη του από τους Ενετούς ονομάσθηκε Σπιναλόγκα. Οχυρώθηκε άριστα από τους Ενετούς τόσο από κατασκευαστικής και αρχιτεκτονικής άποψης όσο και από απόψεως αισθητικής του όλου τοπίου που και σήμερα ακόμη διατηρεί την αξεπέραστη ομορφιά του.
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The island of Spinalonga (official name: Kalidon) is located at the eastern section of Crete, near the town of Elounda. The name of the island, Spinalonga, is Venetian, meaning "long thorn", and has roots in the period of Venetian occupation. This location is also the setting for Victoria Hislop's bestselling novel The Island and Werner Herzog's experimental short film Last Words.
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Batch processing of Crete island, Greece, using Sentinel-2 L1C and the
Barren Soil script.
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Author: Monja B. Šebela
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Rethymno is a city of approximately 40,000 people, is the capital of Rethymno Prefecture in the island of Crete. It was built in antiquity (ancient Rhithymna and Arsinoe), even though it has never been a competitive Minoan centre.
Rethymno started growing again when the Venetian conquerors of the island wanted to have an intermediate commercial station between Heraklion and Chania acquiring its own bishop and nobility. Today's old town (palia poli) is almost entirely built by Venetians. It is one of the best preserved old towns in Crete.
The town still maintains its old aristocratic appearance, with its buildings dating from the 16th century, arched doorways, stone staircases, Byzantine and Hellenic-Roman remains, small Venetian harbor and narrow streets.