Byzantine tower E4 CTC Traditional Geocache
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A cache near Ancient Eleftherna byzantine tower.
The town of Eleftherna was founded by the Dorians around the 9th century BC and was inhabited up to the early Byzantine years. To this long course contributed its strategic location at an altitude of 380m, crossed by the roads that connected the ancient Cydonia, Knossos and Ida Mount. The findings so far have been found in three different positions of the same hill.
Eleftherna was one of the towns that were on the side of Macedonia against Knossos during the first Cretan War (205BC-200BC). During the occupation of Crete by the Romans, the town managed to resist strongly against the Roman general Metellus, until it fell by treachery. During the Roman period the city continued to flourish and baths, huge cisterns, villas, public buildings and towers were erected. The Byzantine era was the last time for the city before getting destroyed by the Arabs, when it became a Diocese and the great basilica, remains of which survive today, was built.
The importance of Eleftherna as an archaeological site led to the decision for founding a museum inside the site.
www.cretanbeaches.com/Archaeological-Sites/Dorian-Era/ancient-eleftherna
The Byzantine tower is closed to the village an easy the walking path till there.
The cache is located just behind the tower. It is on the E4 trail, so don’t forget to write the code letter for the “future” bonus cache.
When you continue the path after a few km you can get the Hellenistic bridge cache too.
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(Decrypt)
Haqre n uhtu ebpx.