Georgiadis Park
Shaded garden traced along a filled-in Venetian defensive moat, built for quiet walking rather than play.
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This guide to Georgiadis Park in Heraklion traces the unusual vision of mayor Minas Georgiadis in the 1930s: a park with no swings, no games, only gravel paths for silent walking, laid along the old filled-in Venetian moat that once ringed the city walls. It follows the site's transformation from a defensive ditch into Georgiadis's romantic idea of a garden, brought home from his years in Germany. Walk the curving paths near the entrance, where his bust still stands.
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