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Chania port, Crete, Greece
Chania
Entrance to Attios"Visit the Archaeological Museum of Chania"!
The Chania Archaeological Museum has been housed in the church of the Venetian monastery of Aghios Franghiskos (St. Francis) since 1963.
The exhibits provide a picture through time of the history from the whole region of Chania from the Neolithic period down to Roman times.
The exhibition is divided chronologically into two sections, and subdivided into units bases on excavations.Finds from the Late Neolithic period and Bronze Age (Minoan period( are displayed in the east part of the Museum, and finds from the Iron Age (historical times) in the west.
Of special mention is the "Mitsotakis Collection", recently donated to the Greek State from the Mitsotakis family and it is housed on a special section of the Museum, actually the only covering the modern high standards.
