Plaza
Liberty Square
Plateia Eleftherias, Iraklio
Broad marble-paved plaza with eucalyptus trees, once a Venetian drill ground fed by a Renaissance aqueduct.
This guide to Liberty Square in Heraklion follows a fourteen-month deadline set for Venetian governor Francesco Morosini: carry fresh water fifteen kilometers into a city that could not survive drought or siege without it. You will hear how his engineers pulled it off in 1628, why locals started calling this ground the Three Arches, and how a dusty Venetian parade ground ended up carrying the name Liberty instead.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.