This island is home to the Samaria Gorge, which is found in its White Mountains.
This island is home to the Samaria Gorge, which is found in its White Mountains. Its literary tradition includes the mantinadas, rhyming couplets which inspired a romance about a man's love for Aretousa; that work by Vincenzo Cornaro is often considered the national epic of this island. The Lasithi Plateau is located on this island whose highest mountain, found adjacent to the Amari Valley, is part of the Psiloritis Range. The Koules Fortress was built during a period of (*) Venetian rule in its largest city, Heraklion. During Roman times, this island was part of a province that also included Cyrenaica and was governed from its city of Gortyn, which had earlier ended the dominance of the city of Phaistos, itself part of a culture here was excavated by Arthur Evans. For 10 points, name this home of the city of Knossos and the Minoan Civilization, a large Greek island in the Mediterranean.
This island is home to the Samaria Gorge, which is found in its White Mountains.
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