CRETE
Nastos Kostas
Colour short film entitled “CRETE”, a GNTO production by the Crete Mediterranean Integrated Programme, directed by Kostas Nastos, with production organisation by Haris Andreou and music by Manos Moundakis, presenting the island as a cultural crossroads. The camera records the natural landscape with Psiloritis, Samaria Gorge and the coasts of Vai and Matala, while highlighting the historical course from the Minoan palaces of Knossos and Phaistos to the Roman, Byzantine and Venetian monuments of Heraklion, Chania and Rethymno. The video concludes with scenes from the daily life of the inhabitants, presenting agricultural production, traditional architecture, weaving and musical heritage through a Cretan celebration.
Item type:
Audio Visual
Date:
n.d.
Subject:
El Greco, potter, pottery, Agia Roumeli, Agia Fotia, icon painting, Agios Titos, loom, archaeological sites, urban houses, Vai, Sitia, boat, Venetian rule, Venetian monuments, Venetian architecture, Byzantine churches, Byzantine Crete, wedding, Gortyna, Phaistos Disc, olive harvest, olive trees, Greek landscapes, Greek history, Greek music, Greek tradition, Greek art, Greek island, Greek National Tourism Organisation, Greek National Tourism Organisation, Helleno-Christian civilisation, sunset, Heraklion, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, Ierapetra, Hippocrates, history, Castle of Ierapetra, Castle of Sitia, embroidery, Knossos, Koules Fortress of Heraklion, Morosini Fountain, Bembo Fountain, Crete, Cretan beaches, Cretan architecture, Cretan land, Cretan lyre, Cretan music, Cretan School, Cretan identity, Cretan hospitality, Cretan nature, Cretan spirit, Cretan climate, Cretan landscape, Cretan dances, Cretan civilisation, Labyrinth, street market, folk architecture, folk art, White Mountains, Libyan Sea, Port of Chania, Lions of Heraklion, Loggia of Heraklion, lyre players, mantinades, Matala, Mediterranean civilisation, Mediterranean, Minos, Minoan frescoes, Minoan art, Minoan civilisation, monuments of Crete, monasteries of Crete, Arkadi Monastery, Baroque architecture, Temple of Apollo, arsenals, insular Greece, plateaus of Crete, traditional costumes, traditional way of life, traditional Crete, traditional feast, traditional settlements, seaside villages, cultural heritage, cultural heritage, cultural tourism, raki, Rethymno, rizitika songs, Sarcophagus of Agioi Deka, Sitia, boats, alleyway, crossroads of cultures, Stavros, Chania, Sfakia, arched openings, local tradition, tourism, textile industry, Phaistos, Samaria Gorge, gorges, palm trees, Fortezza of Rethymno, Frangokastello, natural beauty, Chania, fishermen, Psiloritis, Odeon of Gortyn
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