The Prefecture of Heraklion lies amid Lassithi and Rethimnon. The acreage follows the arrangement of the blow of Crete, mountains - bald in places, abounding with cypress and oak copse abroad - plains, the best important one actuality that of Messara, fields covered with bake-apple copse of all varieties, albino beaches and admirable hidden coves. The breadth makes for absorbing geographic formations, such as the cavern of Ilithias.
This allotment of Crete has been inhabited back antique and it is the richest allotment of the island in agreement of archaeological sites with: Knossos, Phaestos, Mallia and their exhibits can be beheld in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion.
The aphorism of the Venetians and Turks over Crete has additionally larboard it's traces actuality in Heraklion. The Loggia, the Fortress of Koule, the Moslem Temples and as able-bodied as abundant castles throughout the breadth prove the actuality of Turks and Venetians on the island.
The Prefecture is additionally home to different samples of abbey architectonics and the monasteries of Vrontissio and Varsamonero as able-bodied as the abbey of Agios Titos. Not to be absent out is additionally the grave of acclaimed Greek columnist Nikos Kazantzakis abreast the Venetian Wall which surrounds the old burghal of Heraklion.
