Descri test: Rethymno, Crete

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Rethymno, Crete Greece

Rethymno is a city of approximately 40,000 people in Greece, the capital of the Rethymno regional unit on the island of Crete. It was formerly a Latin Catholic bishopric known as Retimo(–Ario) and a former Latin titular see. Rethymno was originally established during the Minoan civilization, known in ancient times as Rhithymna and Arsinoe. The city was significant enough to mint its own coins and sustain urban development. One of these coins is now featured as the town's emblem: two dolphins in a circle. The region is rich in ancient history, most notably through the Minoan civilization centered at Knossos, east of Rethymno. Rethymno itself began to grow when the Venetian conquerors of the island decided to establish an intermediate commercial station between Heraklion and Chania, gaining its own bishop and nobility in the process. Today's old town (palia poli) was almost entirely constructed by the Republic of Venice and is one of the best-preserved old towns in Crete. Around 1250, the city became the seat of the Latin Diocese of Retimo, which was renamed Retimo–Ario after the absorption of the Diocese of Ario in 1551, and was suppressed only after the Turkish conquest.

Recommended airport

Nikos Kazantzakis (HER)

Points of interest

Ancient Lappa

Nearby destinations

Rethymno, Crete, Greece

Rethymno, Crete Greece