Near the ancient city of Gortyna in Heraklion, a network of Early Christian roads opens a window onto Byzantine Crete. Gortyna itself took root in the Archaic era and grew substantially from the first century A.D. under Roman rule, becoming a city of real consequence. These pathways linked key religious and administrative centers, threading through an architectural complex that includes basilicas. Walking them today, you trace the routes that once bound worship, governance, and daily life together across a landscape layered with archaic, classical, Roman, late antique, and modern traces.
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