Knossos, Festos, Malia, Zakros, Aptera, Lato, Driros, Gortys, Arkadi: names which played an important role in the history of island from neolithic to modern times. All of the above compose the multidimensional image of Crete, on whose soil flourished one of the most important civilizations, the Minoan and was the birthplace of such important artists and writers as El Greco, Damaskinos, Kazantzakis, and many others.