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Coordinates: 35.363845, 24.479527

Museum of the Battle of Crete of the Police Cadet Academy of Rethymno

As a tribute to the victims of the Occupation and especially to the fallen of the Battle of Crete, i.e. the heroic resistance of the Greek fighters and the British, Australian and New Zealand Allies against the forces of Nazi Germany, a modest mausoleum was erected in 1954, where the bones of the Gendarmes who either died fighting or were executed for their participation in actions against the occupation authorities were placed. Among the names of the 111 heroes of the Gendarmerie, those of 5 Officers and 50 Cadets can be found.

Main Bibliography

 

  • Bury John – Meiggs Russell, A History of Greece. To the Death of Alexander the Great, Translated by Rouli Tataki, K. N. Petropoulos, Anna Papadimitriou - Grammenou, Konstantinos Buraselis, Angelos Matthaiou, Athens 2011. 
  • Αλεξάνδρου, μτφρ. Ρούλη Τατάκη, Κ. Ν. Πετρόπουλος, Άννα Παπαδημητρίου Γραμμένου,
  • Κωνσταντίνος Μπουραζέλης, Άγγελος Ματθαίου, Αθήνα 2011.
  • Lefèvre François, Histoire Du Monde Grec Antique, Translated by Anastasia Kefala, Mina Kardamitsa, Athens 2016.
  • Καρδαμίτσα, Αθήνα 2016.
  • Antonopoulou Zeta, Τα Γλυπτά της Αθήνας: Υπαίθρια Γλυπτική 1834-2004, Athens 2003.
  • Karaiskou Vicky, Νεοελληνική Γλυπτική: Ματιές και αναγνώσεις, Athens 2011.
  • Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Ζητήματα Νεοελληνικής Γλυπτικής, Athens 1998.
  • Γλυπτά, Αθήνα 2020.
  • Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Από τον Ιερό Λόχο στον Κωνσταντίνο ΙΒ’: Νεότερα Αθηναϊκά Γλυπτά, Athens 2020.

 

Main Webliography


http://www.athenssculptures.com
https://explore.cure-project.gr
https://www.thisiscrete.gr/gr/historical-monuments
https://www.wikipedia.org

Informations

Additional

Location: 36 Kazantzaki Str., Rethymno
Type: Museum
Access: By prior arrangement
Accessible to people with disabilities
Contact: +302831035071, +302831040102, +302831040106

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