Point of interest
Venetian Loggia - Town Hall
9 locals recommend,
Location
92 25is Avgoustou
Iraklio
Tips from locals
The club of the Venetian nobility in Handakas always played an important role in the city’s governmental and social life. The building was two-storied with a rectangular floor plan and had an open loggia on the main level. It was designed in 2 different architectural styles Doric on the main level and Ionic on the first floor. The building was destroyed and re-built 3 times; Francesco Morosini rebuilt the Loggia in the place where it survives today, and added a new building for the storage of arms, the Armeria, where the Municipality office is housed today.
The club of the Venetian nobility in Handakas always played an important role in the city’s governmental and social life. The building was two-storied with a rectangular floor plan and had an open loggia on the main level. It was designed in 2 different architectural styles Doric on the main level a…
Another Venetian monument that is currently the Town Hall of Heraklion. In between the Lions square and Saint Titus church.
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