Crete: Kamariotis, Have you heard the bell?
A journey back to Kamariotis, where a lost bell, a village war memorial and the Feast of the Dormition keep the past alive
Ray’s Secret Crete - (secretcrete.com)
I live on Crete and write from its villages, cities, harbours, and mountain paths. My ongoing series, History of Crete, is a run of articles that follows the island from the Dark Ages to Venetian walls to the streets of today. Plus so much more.
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