Gortyna

Decentralized Administration of Crete · Greece

Gortyna, Greece
Photo: Olaf Tausch, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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spring and autumn
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The Roman capital of Crete, sprawling across the Messara plain amid olive groves. Its most famous feature is a stone inscription of the ancient Gortyn law code, alongside a basilica and an odeon.

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