While you are visiting the several tourist attractions in Crete, do not forget to see the Byzantine walls, Crete. The Byzantine walls, Crete were excavated at the Kastelli quarter. These walls proved that the present day Chania was built on the site of ancient Kydonia. Kydonia was a flourishing city during the Roman period. The Byzantine walls of Crete can be viewed properly while you take a walk along the Chalidon Street leading towards the Karaoli Dimitriou Street.
The construction of the Byzantine walls first of all took place during the 1st Byzantine period. After that, it is considered that the Saracens destroyed the city of Crete in 828 A.D. and the walls were almost destroyed at this time. The Byzantine walls, Crete were rebuilt using the materials from the ancient buildings of the area again during the second Byzantine period that lasted until 1204 A.D.
Later, the Venetians strengthened the Byzantine walls, Crete after the Fourth Crusade when the Byzantium failed in the Hellenic area. At this time, Chania came under the Venetian rule. The stones of the newly set up Byzantine walls, Crete were built in coursed ashlar work. In many places these stones followed the form of the natural rock. The stones were made up of segments that were broken up by orthogonal or polygonal battlements.
The Byzantine walls, Crete were set up between the years 1336 and 1356. At a later stage, the famous Italian civil engineer, Michele Sanmichele came to Crete to design the walls in their recent form. The final construction was over by 1568. In 1645, the Turks overtook and occupied the town and once again the Byzantine walls, Crete got a new form. In the following years, the walls partly fell on their own and partly because the inhabitants themselves destroyed them to build new structures.
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