Aptera is a collection of ruins in the Cretan hills. The ruins include Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sites.
Pictures I like especially
The view wasn't bad.
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Sheep wisely scattering ahead of the tour bus. They were happily milling
on the road until the driver demonstrated the bus could turn them into mutton.
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The interior courtyard of the monastery reminded me of the Alamo.
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I thought the texture of the field of fallen columns was neat.
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A millstone, the only useful thing in the villa that wasn't carted away.
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Other sites at Aptera: a monastery and a Roman villa
Pictures of Aptera
