Guidebook for Σητεία
Essentials
My familly owns Aretousa, the traditional sweet shop where you can find the best biscuits based in olive oil, thyme honey, raisins etc. Ask Anna to offer you a stafidoto (olive oil raisin filled bisuit) or a kalitsouni. In the sweet shop you can find a sellection of local wines, olive oil, honey and grape sirup.
Siteiaka Glyka "I Aretousa" O.E.
23 El. VenizelouMy familly owns Aretousa, the traditional sweet shop where you can find the best biscuits based in olive oil, thyme honey, raisins etc. Ask Anna to offer you a stafidoto (olive oil raisin filled bisuit) or a kalitsouni. In the sweet shop you can find a sellection of local wines, olive oil, honey and grape sirup.
Sightseeing
You will be surprised on how important this area was 4.000 years ago! The Sitia Archaeological Museum is one of the best museums in Crete, with finds from the wider area of Lassithi and Sitia Province.
The exhibition in the museum of Sitia museum is divided into four sections with 30 display cases, containing exhibits dating from 3500 BC to 500 AD:
exhibits from the Minoan period
exhibits from Zakros
exhibits from the Geometric and Archaic periods
exhibits from the Greco-Roman period
vases in the sitia museumThe Archaeological Museum in Sitia opened its doors to the public in 1984, one hundred years after the first excavations in the area by the Italian School of Archaeology.
The museum was founded by the well-known Cretan archaeologist Nikos Papadakis.
The museum is housed in a fully-equipped building complex with laboratories, storerooms and an archaeology library.
The main exhibition area is to the left of the entrance and contains exhibits with bilingual descriptions (Greek & English).
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Sitia Arkeoloji Müzesi
You will be surprised on how important this area was 4.000 years ago! The Sitia Archaeological Museum is one of the best museums in Crete, with finds from the wider area of Lassithi and Sitia Province.
The exhibition in the museum of Sitia museum is divided into four sections with 30 display cases, containing exhibits dating from 3500 BC to 500 AD:
exhibits from the Minoan period
exhibits from Zakros
exhibits from the Geometric and Archaic periods
exhibits from the Greco-Roman period
vases in the sitia museumThe Archaeological Museum in Sitia opened its doors to the public in 1984, one hundred years after the first excavations in the area by the Italian School of Archaeology.
The museum was founded by the well-known Cretan archaeologist Nikos Papadakis.
The museum is housed in a fully-equipped building complex with laboratories, storerooms and an archaeology library.
The main exhibition area is to the left of the entrance and contains exhibits with bilingual descriptions (Greek & English).
The name Kazarma is derived from the Venetian Casa di Arma, which means barracksor armoury.Indeed, this was the barracks of the Venetian garrison, the army headquarters, of the fortified town of Sitia. The walls of Sitia, which reached as high uphill as the fortress, were built at the same time as the Kazarma, in the late Byzantine years.
However, several earthquakes, the revolts of the locals against the Venetians and the raids of Barbarossa caused extensive damage to the walls and the fortress itself. The walls were actually demolished at some point by the Venetians; they had intended to rebuild them, but they never did.
Fortunately, the Kazarma had a better fate; the Turks restored it and even made some additions to the construction, which are visible today. The domed lookout outposts on the battlements of the fortress are a typical example of these additions.
Two stairways lead to the main, arched entrance, from where one enters a spacious courtyard. A keep sits solid on the other side of the courtyard, across the entrance, and two uneven platforms with steps lead to its entrance. A building of three rooms is located at the east side of the keep, while on the west side one can see the remains of a smaller room which may have been a kitchen.
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Kazarma Fortress
The name Kazarma is derived from the Venetian Casa di Arma, which means barracksor armoury.Indeed, this was the barracks of the Venetian garrison, the army headquarters, of the fortified town of Sitia. The walls of Sitia, which reached as high uphill as the fortress, were built at the same time as the Kazarma, in the late Byzantine years.
However, several earthquakes, the revolts of the locals against the Venetians and the raids of Barbarossa caused extensive damage to the walls and the fortress itself. The walls were actually demolished at some point by the Venetians; they had intended to rebuild them, but they never did.
Fortunately, the Kazarma had a better fate; the Turks restored it and even made some additions to the construction, which are visible today. The domed lookout outposts on the battlements of the fortress are a typical example of these additions.
Two stairways lead to the main, arched entrance, from where one enters a spacious courtyard. A keep sits solid on the other side of the courtyard, across the entrance, and two uneven platforms with steps lead to its entrance. A building of three rooms is located at the east side of the keep, while on the west side one can see the remains of a smaller room which may have been a kitchen.