Aptera

Crete · Greece

Aptera, Greece
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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spring and autumn
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The ruins of an ancient city on a hill above Souda Bay, occupied from Minoan times through the Roman and Byzantine eras. Vast vaulted cisterns, a monastery, and Ottoman fortifications share the windswept plateau.

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