This island is close to the former leper colony of Spinalonga, which is near the city of Elounda.
This island is close to the former leper colony of Spinalonga, which is near the city of Elounda. It includes the Sitia Mountains near the archaeological site at Zakros and large palm forest at Vai. Those are in its eastern region of Lasithi, while its western regions are Chania and Rethymno. Its capital, which used to be known as Chandax and was then renamed by the Venetians to Candia, is now called Heraklion. An ancient civilization centered on this island, which is believed to have been destroyed in part by a volcano to the north at Thera, used a script called Linear A.  Name this largest and most populous Greek island, the former center of the Minoan civilization.
This island is close to the former leper colony of Spinalonga, which is near the city of Elounda.
Crete