Herakleion Central Market
Narrow bazaar lane of butchers and spice stalls, named for a Cretan uprising against Ottoman rule.
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This guide to Herakleion Central Market follows the narrow lane locals simply call the Agora, threading between stalls of cured meat, oregano and fruit while tracing the darker story behind its street number, 1866, the year Crete rose against Ottoman rule and hundreds barricaded themselves inside the Arkadi Monastery. It also points out a sixteenth-century Venetian church reachable only through a bakery, and a stone archway hiding inside a coffee shop. Listen for the Lions Fountain behind you.
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