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29-830: Located in the Rethymno regional unit , Ida was sacred to the Titaness Rhea in Greek mythology . On its slopes lies one of the caves, Idaion Antron , the Idaean Cave, in which, according to legend, the god Zeus was born. Other legends, however, place his birthplace in Psychro Cave on the Lasithi Plateau . An archaeobotanical study was conducted that looked at the different plant bases in Minoan villas during

58-569: A 40-year monopoly on note issuance. The Cretan State also established a paramilitary force, the Cretan Gendarmerie , modeled on the Italian Carabinieri , to maintain public order. The Cretan Gendarmerie incorporated the four small gendarmerie units the four remaining occupying powers had created before the arrival of Prince George. On 13 December 1898, Prince George of Greece and Denmark arrived as high commissioner for

87-510: A bitter political struggle with the Prince's faction, leading to a political and administrative deadlock on the island. Eventually, in March 1905, Venizelos and his supporters gathered in the village of Therisos , in the hills near Chania, constituted a "Revolutionary Assembly", demanded political reforms and declared the "political union of Crete with Greece as a single free constitutional state" in

116-612: A halt. In Greece, nationalist secret societies and a fervently irredentist public opinion forced the Greek government to send military forces to the island. Although the International Squadron quickly halted their activities, the presence of Greek forces on Crete provoked a war with the Ottoman Empire . Although most of Crete came under the control of Cretan insurgent and Greek forces, the unprepared Greek Army

145-671: A manifesto delivered to the consuls of the Great Powers . The Cretan Gendarmerie remained loyal to the Prince, but numerous deputies joined the revolt, and despite the Powers' declaration of martial law on 18 July, their military forces did not move against the rebels. On 15 August, the Cretan Assembly voted for the proposals of Venizelos, and the Great Powers brokered an agreement, whereby Prince George would resign and

174-642: A new constitution created. In the 1906 elections the pro-Prince parties took 38,127 votes while pro-Venizelos parties took 33,279 votes, but in September 1906 Prince George was replaced by former Greek prime minister Alexandros Zaimis and left the island. In addition, Greek officers came to replace the Italians in the organization of the Gendarmerie, and the withdrawal of the foreign troops began, leaving Crete de facto under Greek control. A Constitution

203-431: A three-year tenure. On 27 April 1899, an Executive Committee was created, in which a young, Athens-trained lawyer from Chania , Eleftherios Venizelos , participated as minister of justice. By 1900, Venizelos and Prince George had developed differences over domestic policies, as well as the issue of Enosis , the union with Greece. Venizelos resigned in early 1901, and for the next three years, he and his supporters waged

232-716: The fait accompli by the act of lowering their flags from the Souda fortress on 14 February 1913, and by the Treaty of London in May 1913, Sultan Mehmed V relinquished his formal rights to the island. On 1 December, the formal ceremony of union took place: the Greek flag was raised at the Firka Fortress in Chania , with Eleftherios Venizelos and King Constantine I in attendance. The Muslim minority of Crete initially remained on

261-517: The suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. Germany strongly opposed this idea and withdrew from Crete and the International Squadron in November 1897 and Austria-Hungary followed in March 1898, but the remaining four powers carried on with their plans. On 6 September 1898 (25 August 1898 according to the Julian calendar then in use on Crete, which was 12 days behind the modern Gregorian calendar during

290-549: The 19th century), a Cretan Muslim mob massacred hundreds of Cretan Greeks and murdered the British vice-consul , his family, and 14 British soldiers and sailors, in the city of Candia (modern Heraklion). As a result, the International Squadron and the occupying forces ashore expelled all Ottoman forces from Crete in November 1898. The autonomous Cretan State, under Ottoman suzerainty, garrisoned by an international military force, and with its high commissioner provided by Greece,

319-674: The Neo-palatial time period in Crete. There was a rich range of food plants that were found to contain essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein and sources of vitamins. The study took place on Mount Ida, at the Minoan villa of Zominthos. The Psiloritis is located on the water divide between the southern part of Crete, which drains to the Libyan Sea , and the northern basin facing the Aegean Sea . A saddle at 2,321 m East of

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348-803: The Pact heightened tensions in the island, leading to another rebellion in 1895, which greatly expanded in 1896–1897 to cover most of the island. Six Great Powers ( Austria-Hungary , France , the German Empire , the Kingdom of Italy , the Russian Empire , and the United Kingdom ) sent warships to Crete in February 1897, and their naval forces combined to form an " International Squadron " charged with intervening to bring fighting on Crete to

377-447: The frequent depiction of a tripod on coins of nearby Axos , which presumably controlled the territory around the cave. In Inferno XIV, Dante visualizes an old man within Mt. Ida. His head was of gold, his arms and breast of silver, his lower abdomen brass, and below that he was of iron except that his right foot was of clay, upon which all his weight bore. This symbolized the decay of

406-504: The insurrection continued. Soldiers from the armies of five of the powers (Germany declined to send any) arrived to occupy key Cretan cities in late March and April 1897. Thereafter, the Admirals Council focused on a negotiated settlement that would bring the insurrection to an end without bringing Ottoman governance of Crete to an end, but this proved impossible. They then decided that Crete would become an autonomous state under

435-560: The island rebelled several times against external Ottoman rule, pursuing union with Greece. These were brutally subdued, but secured some concessions from the Ottoman government under the pressure of European public opinion. In 1878, the Pact of Halepa established the island as an autonomous state under Ottoman suzerainty, until the Ottomans reneged on that agreement in 1889. The collapse of

464-478: The island temporarily through an "Admirals Council" consisting of admirals from the six powers making up the International Squadron. Through naval bombardments of Cretan insurgent forces, by placing sailors and marines ashore to occupy key cities, and by establishing a blockade of Crete and key ports in Greece, the International Squadron brought organized fighting on Crete to an end by the end of March 1897, although

493-457: The map in the infobox): The Rethymno prefecture ( Greek : Νομός Ρεθύμνου or Ρεθύμνης ) was created while Crete was still an autonomous state , and was preserved after the island joined Greece in 1913. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the Rethymno regional unit was created out of the former prefecture. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At

522-411: The northeast of the mountain, beneath Skinakas Peak, the site of the observatory, is Vromonero Plateau, the site of a holly and maple grove, with many endemic and endangered species. It, along with the access road through Halasia Gorge, and the starting point at Krousonas , has been defined as a Natura 2000 protected area Zominthos is a plateau that is located in the northern foothills of Mount Ida. On

551-579: The plateau is the highest altitude Minoan villa ever found, the Minoan villa of Zominthos. Kamares cave was used as a cave sanctuary in ancient times. The Minoan pottery known as Kamares ware was named after the cave, where some of the first examples were found. Ida is the locus for a race of legendary ancient metal workers, the Dactyls. In ancient times the Idaean cave, "cave of the Goddess" ( Dea )

580-479: The same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below. Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece . The main towns of the regional unit Rethymno are (ranked by 2021 census population): Cretan State The Cretan State ( Greek : Κρητική Πολιτεία , romanized :  Kritiki Politeia ; Ottoman Turkish : كرید دولتی , romanized :  Girid Devleti )

609-565: The summit connects it with Mount Agathias , while westwards the ridge continues with Mount Stolistra (2,336 m) The Skinakas Observatory of the University of Crete is located on the secondary peak of Skinakas at 1750 m. It has two telescopes including a 1.3 m Modified Ritchey-Chrétien instrument. The Nida plateau is found to the east of the mountain. On the plateau are some shepherd's huts ( mitata ) built only of local stones, and used both for shelter and for cheesemaking. On

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638-437: The world, and his tears formed the rivers of Hell. Rethymno (regional unit) Rethymno ( Greek : Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ρεθύμνου ) is one of the four regional units of Crete , Greece . Its capital is the city of Rethymno . Today its main income is tourism. The countryside is also based economically on agriculture and herding. The regional unit Rethymno is subdivided into five municipalities. These are (number as in

667-704: Was crushed by the Ottomans , who occupied Thessaly . The war was ended by the intervention of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Russia), who forced the Greek contingent to withdraw from Crete and the Ottoman Army to stop its advance. In the Treaty of Constantinople the Ottoman Government promised to implement the provisions of the Halepa Pact. In February 1897, the Great Powers decided to restore order by governing

696-530: Was established in 1898, following the intervention by the Great Powers (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia) on the island of Crete . In 1897, the Cretan Revolt led the Ottoman Empire to declare war on Greece , which led the United Kingdom , France , Italy and Russia to intervene on the grounds that the Ottoman Empire could no longer maintain control. It

725-524: Was founded when Prince George of Greece and Denmark arrived to take office as the first high commissioner ( Greek : Ὕπατος Ἁρμοστής , Hýpatos Harmostēs ), effectively detaching Crete from the Ottoman Empire, on 21 December 1898 (9 December according to the Julian calendar). The Admirals Council was dissolved on 26 December 1898. The National Bank of Greece established a bank, the Bank of Crete , which had

754-644: Was not recognized internationally, including by Greece, where Eleftherios Venizelos was elected prime minister in 1910. In May 1912, the Cretan deputies travelled to Athens and tried to enter the Greek Parliament , but were forcibly prevented from doing so by the police. Upon the outbreak of the First Balkan War , Greece finally recognized the union and sent Stephanos Dragoumis as the island's governor-general . The Great Powers tacitly recognized

783-530: Was promulgated in February 1907, but in 1908, taking advantage of domestic turmoil in Turkey as well as the timing of Zaimis' vacation away from the island, the Cretan deputies declared unilateral union with Greece. The flag of the Cretan State was replaced by the Greek flag, all public servants took an oath to King George I of Greece, and the Greek constitution and laws were enacted on the island. This act

812-582: Was the prelude to the island's final annexation to the Kingdom of Greece , which occurred de facto in 1908 and de jure in 1913 after the First Balkan War . The island of Crete, an Ottoman possession since the end of the Cretan War (1645–1669) , was inhabited by a mostly Greek-speaking population, whose majority was Christian. During and after the Greek War of Independence , the Christians of

841-470: Was venerated by Minoans and Hellenes alike. By Greek times the cave was rededicated to Zeus . The cave where Zeus was nurtured is variously stated to be this cave, another of the same name, or the Dictaean cave . Votive seals and ivories have been found in the cave. Like the Dictaean cave , the Idaean cave was known as a place of initiations. It may have served as the site of an oracle , symbolized by

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