little harbour in Crete Greek Island painted by Vali Irina Ciobanu
by Vali Irina Ciobanu
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80.000 x 60.000 x 3.000 cm.
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Title
little harbour in Crete Greek Island painted by Vali Irina Ciobanu
Artist
Vali Irina Ciobanu
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Crete (Greek: Κρήτη, Kríti ['kriti]; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. It bounds the southern border of the Aegean sea. Crete lies approximately 160 km (99 mi) south of the Greek mainland. It has an area of 8,336 km2 (3,219 sq mi) and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi).
Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete (Greek: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης), the southernmost of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece; the region is the fifth most populous region of Greece. Its capital and largest city is Heraklion, located on the northern shore of the island. As of 2011, the region had a population of 623,065. The Dodecanese are located to the northeast of Crete, while the Cyclades are situated to the north, separated by the Sea of Crete. The Peloponnese is to the region's northwest.
Humans have inhabited the island since at least 130,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic age. Crete was the centre of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 2700 to 1420 BC; the Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Later, Crete fell under Roman rule, and afterwards the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman Empire successively ruled Crete. The Cretan people, who maintained a desire to join the Greek state, achieved independence from the Ottomans in 1898 as the Cretan State and became part of Greece in December 1913.
The island is mountainous, and its character is defined by a high mountain range crossing from west to east; the range of the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) contains Crete's highest point, Mount Ida. Crete forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece, while retaining its own local cultural traits (such as its own poetry and music). The Nikos Kazantzakis at Heraklion and the Daskalogiannis airport at Chania serve international travellers. The palace of Knossos, a Bronze Age settlement and ancient Minoan city, lies in Heraklion in Crete.
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February 20th, 2020
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Comments (31)
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations! Your beautiful artwork has been featured on the main gallery of the "Travel Art" group at Fine Art America! For further promotion, I invite you to post it to our FB group (link provided on our homepage) F.
Laurel Adams
Vali, long ago, my dream was to visit Greece to see its windmills, the sea…Santorini, Crete, Mykonos…several attempts at arranging that vacation failed for various reasons and it never occasioned. THESE paintings capture the essence of that which I hoped to SEE. THANK YOU so very much for painting the Beauty I so longed to see!
Joyce Gebauer
Lovely work, and congratulations on having been featured in "Paintng The Old Way" Group! L/F
Vali Irina Ciobanu
Thank you ,John! I am honored to have my work futured in Painting The Old Way Group. Thank you
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our Homepage, Painting the Old Way.
Madalena Lobao-Tello
Congratulations!! Your artwork is my today feature and favorite on Women Painters group. Shared on our FAA group and on Facebook.