Permanent Collection of Ancient & Traditional Shipbuilding

Hania


The Minoa, a painstaking replica of a Minoan ship that sailed from Crete to Athens for the 2004 Olympic Games, now permanently docks in a converted Venetian shipyard (neorio). Tools used in its making and photographs from the epic journey bring to life this amazing feat.


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Nearby Hania attractions

1. Church of Agios Nikolaos

0.21 MILES

One of Hania’s most intriguing buildings is this Venetian-era church with both a bell tower and a double-balconied minaret – the latter replaced a second…

2. Grand Arsenal

0.21 MILES

Impressively restored from a roofless ruin, the 16th-century Venetian arsenal was the last of the 17 shipyard buildings in Hania's Venetian Harbour. After…

3. Church of San Rocco

0.22 MILES

This 17th-century Venetian church was probably built following an outbreak of plague and was turned into a military guardhouse under the Turks. Restored…

4. Ancient Kydonia

0.25 MILES

The discovery of clay tablets with Linear B script during ongoing excavations on Kastelli Hill to the east of the Venetian Harbour has led archaeologists…

5. Greek National Football Museum

0.3 MILES

This tiny museum might look like a shop, but it's actually crammed with more than 2000 items of soccer memorabilia. Run by Nikos, the passionate president…

6. Ahmet Aga Minaret

0.31 MILES

Soaring above the rooftops of the charismatic Splantzia quarter, the Ahmet Aga Minaret is one of Hania’s two remaining minarets from the Ottoman era.

7. Mosque of Kioutsouk Hasan

0.34 MILES

One of the prettiest and most dominant vestiges of the Turkish era is this dusky-pink multidomed former mosque on the eastern side of the Venetian Harbour…

8. Lighthouse

0.38 MILES

The lighthouse at the mouth of the Venetian Harbour is one of Hania's landmarks, sparkling at sunset and then illuminated after dark. The stone tower…

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