Candia (nome italiano di Iraclio o Eracleio: in greco: Ηράκλειο, traslitterato: Īrákleio, in greco antico: Ἡράκλειον, Herákleion) è un comune greco nell'isola di Creta (unità periferica di Candia), con 159.046 abitanti secondo i dati del censimento 2011.A seguito della riforma amministrativa detta Programma Callicrate in vigore dal gennaio 2011 che ha abolito le ...

The Cretan War (Greek: Κρητικός Πόλεμος, Turkish: Girit'in Fethi), also known as the War of Candia (Italian: Guerra di Candia) or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among them the Knights of Malta, the Papal States and France) against the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States, because it was largely fought …

La guerra di Candia, anche nota come quinta guerra turco-veneziana, fu un conflitto combattuto tra la Repubblica di Venezia e i suoi alleati (tra i quali si possono ricordare i cavalieri di Malta, lo Stato della Chiesa, il Granducato di Toscana, con le galee dei cavalieri di Santo Stefano e la Francia) e l'Impero ottomano che ebbe come posta in palio il possesso dell'isola di Creta, il più ...

Heraklion or Iraklion (/ h ɪ ˈ r æ k l i ə n / hih-RAK-lee-ən; Greek: Ηράκλειο, Irákleio, pronounced ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban Area) according to the 2011 census. The population of the municipality was 177,064.

Doménikos Theotokópoulos (en griego Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος; Candia, 1 de octubre de 1541-Toledo, 7 de abril de 1614), conocido como el Greco («el griego»), [a] fue un pintor del final del Renacimiento que desarrolló un estilo muy personal en sus obras de madurez.. Hasta los 26 años vivió en Creta, donde fue un apreciado maestro de iconos en el estilo posbizantino ...

Alfredo Ovando Candia (Cobija, 6 de abril de 1918 - La Paz, 24 de enero de 1982) fue un militar y político boliviano, dictador de la República de Bolivia en dos ocasiones (1966 y 1969).Fue miembro de la Junta Militar del 4 de noviembre, pero una hora después renunció, después volvió a tener un amplio poder en el ejecutivo con la co-presidencia iniciada el 26 de mayo de 1965 …

Peter of Candia, also known as Peter Phillarges (c. 1339 – May 3, 1410), named as Alexander V (Latin: Alexander PP. V; Italian: Alessandro V), was an antipope elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism (1378–1417). He reigned briefly from June 26, 1409 to his death in 1410, in opposition to the Roman pope Gregory XII and the Avignon antipope Benedict XIII.

The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy.Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's naval power from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period.It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history".

The siege of Candia (modern Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled city. Lasting from 1648 to 1669, or a total of 21 years, it is the second-longest siege in history after the siege of Ceuta.It ended with an Ottoman victory, but the effort and cost of the siege contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire, especially after …

La ficha de Creta está situada en el mar Mediterráneo oriental, en el extremo sur del mar Egeo y no muy distante del litoral de Egipto. [2] Presenta cotas de altura sobre el nivel del mar cercanas a los 2500 metros en el monte Ida (2460 metros) y en Léfka Óri o Montañas Blancas (2452 metros en el monte Pachnes) y una altitud media de más de 200 metros en gran parte de su …