The most important site in the area of Heraklion, with the famous Palace from the Minoan civilization, whose undergrounds gave birth to the legend of the Minotaur.

Controversial interventions were made by its main excavator,

a British antique museum director, Arthur Evans, using concrete and plaster

to reconstruct and reproduce structures and paintings, but as it is,

it has been attracting tourists from all over the world for decades

and is one of the most visited places in Crete and in Greece.