Haghia Aikaterini Square (Greek-Swedish Excavations)

Excavations in the square of Haghia Aikaterini in Kanevaro Street, on the Kastelli hill, began in 1964 under Dr. Yannis Tzedakis. From 1970, the rescue excavation was transformed into a systematic one in cooperation of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania with the...

Vakalounaki excavation

The Vakalounaki excavation is located to the SW of the square of Agia Aikaterini, at 10 Katre Street. In 1972, in a rescue excavation, parts of three buildings from the neo-palatial period (1700-1450 BC) were excavated, covered by a thick layer of destruction caused...

“South of the walls” Excavation

The year 2006, during a test excavation in front of the ancient fortification walls, where Karaoli & Demetriou meets Katre, turned out that under the small intrusions of modern times, prehistoric deposits were preserved, right under the foundation levelof the...

Daskaloyianni Excavation

In the district of Splantzia, the excavations in Daskaloyanni Street in 1989, 1991 and 1997 l, discovered an extensive building complex of a sacred and ritual character. Part of the structure was revealed over the entire width of the street and in the adjacent...

“Haghios Rokkos” Excavation

In 2007, a research excavation was carried out in the west part of the interior of the Venetian Church of Haghios Rokkos (Saint Rocco). The excavation in the interior of the church allowed us to study the stratigraphy of subsequent phases that had been lost from the...
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