words unite us " paleokastro"
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PALEOKASTRO
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It was built to protect the bay of Ammoudara from enemy attacks. The venetians started building it in 1573 and it was finished in 1595 based in a design of general Latino Orsini.http://exploringcrete.blogspot.gr/2010/05/blog-
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Paleokastro is a triangular- shaped castle and it consists of three levels “tre piazze” because of the sloping hill that it ‘s built on.
Access is through the main gate to the south and is the only gate to a castle in Crete , half carved on the rock
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The three levels consisted of the lowest level ; gunpowder magazines built on the slope to be protected from enemies, and right next to them a reservoir that accumulated rainwater which could be used in the event of fire in the powder magazines.
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On the second level there was a barrack and on the third there was San Marcos church.
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AGGELOSAND
MIKAIL5th Grade, Greek section
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