Koules Fortress
The Koules or Castello a Mare is a fortress located at the entrance of the old port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It was built by the Republic of Venice in the early 16th century, and is still in good condition today.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: fortress in Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Koule” and “Rocca a Mare”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heraklion Archaeological Museum and Historical Museum of Crete.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Museum
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The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece, and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum is situated 610 metres south of Koules Fortress.
Historical Museum of Crete
Museum
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The Historical Museum of Crete is a museum in Heraklion, Crete. It was founded by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies in 1953 and was originally housed in the former home of Minos Kalokairinos. Historical Museum of Crete is situated 620 metres southwest of Koules Fortress.
Venetian Arsenals
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Venetian Arsenals is situated 280 metres south of Koules Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heraklion and Nea Alikarnassos.
Heraklion
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Heraklion or Iraklio is the major city and capital of Crete, the largest of the Greek islands. Its archaeological museum holds the remains of the 4000-year-old Minoan civilization, which centred on the nearby palace of Knossos, with its Minotaur legend.
Nea Alikarnassos
Town
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Nea Alikarnassos is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit.
Prassas
Village
Prassa is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement on Crete. Prassas is situated 6 km southeast of Koules Fortress.
Koules Fortress
- Categories: sea fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Koules Fortress” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة كاندية”
- Armenian: “Կուլես”
- Bashkir: “Кулес”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa Koules”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa veneciana d’Heràkleion”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa veneciana d’Iràklio”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa veneciana de Càndia”
- Chinese: “库莱斯堡”
- Czech: “Koules”
- Czech: “Rocca a Mare”
- Dutch: “Koules”
- Dutch: “Koulés”
- Finnish: “Iraklionin linnoitus”
- French: “forteresse d’Héraklion”
- French: “Forteresse d’Héraklion”
- German: “Burg Koules”
- German: “Rocca a Mare Festung”
- Greek: “Rocca a Mare”
- Greek: “Θαλάσσιο Φρούριο ενετικού λιμένος Ηρακλείου (Κούλες)”
- Greek: “Καστέλλο ντελ Μόλο”
- Greek: “Κούλες”
- Greek: “Ρόκκα α Μάρε”
- Hebrew: “מבצר קולס”
- Italian: “Rocca al Mare”
- Romanian: “Fortăreața Koules”
- Russian: “Крепость Кулес”
- Russian: “Кулес”
- Serbian: “Тврђава Кулес”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Koules”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Heraclión”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza Koules”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza Rocca a Mare”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza veneciana de Candía”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza veneciana de Heraclión”
- Tatar: “Кулес кальгасы”
- Turkish: “Koules”
- Turkish: “Kule Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Rocca al Mare”
- Ukrainian: “Кулес”
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