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A national sanctuary: Arkadi Monastery

At Arkadi monastery, symbol of Crete's fight for freedom from the Ottomans. On November 8th of 1866, after a day-long-fight of resistance, the last surviving Cretans - mostly women, children and priests - blew themselves up by lightening barrels of gunpowder, choosing to sacrifice themselves rather than surrender to the Turks (read more here).



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