Milatos

Agios Nikolaos, Crete

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Altitude

15 m

Population

350

Region

east

Era

ancient

Coastal village in eastern Crete near the Milatos Cave, where 3,600 Cretans sought refuge during the Ottoman siege of 1823 and were massacred. The cave is now a memorial site and place of pilgrimage.

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