Kreta - Crete - Kriti - Κρήτη
View allAll Photos Tagged Rethymno
Sunrise over the harbour.
9 exposure HDR ranging from 1/30th to 8 seconds exposures @ f/22.
The table and chairs were already there, I did not move them.
Rethymno ist die drittgrößte Stadt auf der griechischen Insel Kreta. Der venezianische Hafen mit dem ägyptischen Leuchtturm, ist eine der malerischsten Gegenden der Altstadt.
2022.05 Kreta-679-BA
The lighthouse of the Venetian harbor of Rethymno is the second largest remaining Egyptian lighthouse in Crete, after the lighthouse of Chania harbor. It is built on the edge of the old harbour of Rethymnon.
The lighthouse we see today was built during the Egyptian Occupation of Crete (in dutch Kreta ) in the decade of 1830, when the Turks handed Crete to the Egyptians. Possibly there was an older Venetian lighthouse at the site, just like Chania harbor.
In 1864, the lighthouse came under the supervision of the French Lighthouse Company and today it’s not operating. The overall height of the lighthouse tower is 9 meters.
Rethymno (Greek: Ρέθυμνο, [ˈreθimno], also Rethimno, Rethymnon, Réthymnon, and Rhíthymnos) is a city of approximately 40,000 people in Greece, the capital of Rethymno regional unit on the island of Crete. It was originally built during the Minoan civilization (ancient Rhithymna and Arsinoe), but was never a competitive Minoan centre. It was, however, strong enough to mint its own coins and maintain urban growth. One of these coins is today depicted as the crest of the town: two dolphins in a circle.
DSC_0049 SIGMA
Nad kvalitou snímku netřeba bádat. Děs. V r. 2008 nebyl v běžných DSLR bracketing a nebyl dostupný SW, který by zpracoval RAW do 8 min. odezvy. Proto jsme fotili do JPEG s 10 MPX. Na tu dobu krásné. Dnes nepoužitelné. Pro mě dostupný objektiv byl za 15 000, děcka na střední a vysoké. Přesto říkám: Nikon D60 byl ve své době naprosto špičkový a spolehlivý foťák.
Long exposure taken a couple of evenings ago in Rethymno. The original was a much wider pic, but all of the blurry boats bobbing around in the harbour distracted from the lighthouse and the great reflection in the water. Hope you like it!
The Four New Martyrs Church
Four men named Aggelis, Manouil, Georgios and Nikolaos were born and raised in Melabas, Rethymnon. They were all farmers and married men with children. As the island was under Turkish occupation, the four young men were Crypto-Christians, meaning that they were officially Turkish. They had Turkish names and participated in Islamic custom, but in reality they remained faithful to all the traditions of the Orthodox Church. They fought in the Greek war of Independence from 1821 to 1824 and when the Turks recaptured Crete they were no longer afraid to declare their faith.
So during a tax collection campaign among the Christians by the Turks, they declared that they had been Christians all the time and that they were waiting for the moment to unite to Christ in martyrdom.
They were imprisoned in July 1824 and the leader of the Ottoman Turks Mehmet Pasha still tried to persuade them to embrace Islam. Without success and therefore they were beheaded near the Great Gate on October the 28th.
For three days, their bodies remained where they were killed and no one showed any interest. Then finally they were gathered and buried at the monastery of Saint Constantine, called Arkadi. They were honoured as Saints on October the 28th 1837 and their sainthood was confirmed on august the 29th in 1977.
In the Sanctuary of the temple, there is an ossuary where the Holy Skulls of Three of the Four Martyrs are preserved. Another impressive part of the church is the interior, which is adorned by fantastic frescos and icons of the Cretan religious painting school. It looks amazing when the sun is coming in from the spectacular windows.
On the iconostasis, , when you enter the church , is decorated with icons by Fotis Kontoglou, a Byzantine writer and icon-painter. The icons date back to around 1955 and show Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, John the Baptist and the Four Martyrs.
In the church basement is a spacious lecture room along with the chapel of Saint Savvas the Holy.
The lighthouse of the Venetian harbor of Rethymno is the second largest remaining Egyptian lighthouse in Crete, after the lighthouse of Chania harbor. It is built on the edge of the old harbour of Rethymnon.
The lighthouse we see today was built during the Egyptian Occupation of Crete(in dutch Kreta ) in the decade of 1830, when the Turks handed Crete to the Egyptians. Possibly there was an older Venetian lighthouse at the site, just like Chania harbor.
In 1864, the lighthouse came under the supervision of the French Lighthouse Company and today it’s not operating. The overall height of the lighthouse tower is 9 meters.
We were happy to have a little moment with this framing, it is, ofcourse, a very famous photo subject, and every tourist wants this framing.