New exhibits in Hania Maritime Museum

The Hania Maritime (or Naval) Museum on the island of Crete, which was inaugurated nearly 35 years ago, has enriched its exhibits with items just received from old lighthouses throughout Greece dating as far back as 1890.

The Maritime Museum, located at the entrance of Hania’s outer harbour on the site of the Firka Fortress, was built originally by the Venetians as a guard house, naval garrison and prison for those condemned to death, and later taken over by the Ottomans for much the same purposes.

The museum is well worth a visit for people of all ages, as it provides a brief visual introduction to Crete’s history from the Bronze Age to the World War II.

It was on the harbour front, adjacent to the Museum, that the Greek Flag was raised on 1 December 1913 by then King Constantine and Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, to commemorate the "Enossis", the Union of Crete with Greece.

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