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Prefectures of Crete
Chania Prefecture
Municipality of ChaniaMunicipality of ApokoronasMunicipality of PlataniasMunicipality of KissamosMunicipality of Kandanos - SelinosMunicipality of GavdosMunicipality of Sfakia
Rethymnon Prefecture
Municipality of RethymnonMunicipality of MylopotamosMunicipality of AmariMunicipality of Agios VasiliosMunicipality of Anogia
Heraklion Prefecture
Municipality of HeraklionMunicipality of MaleviziMunicipality of Archanon - AsterousionMunicipality of FestosMunicipality of GortynaMunicipality of ChersonissosMunicipality of Minoa PediadosMunicipality of Viannos
Lassithi Prefecture
Municipality of MirampeloMunicipality of SitiaMunicipality of IerapetraMunicipality of Oropedio
Morosini
The general Francesco Morosini foreseeable designed and implemented with the assistance of engineers Zorzi Corner, Raffaello Monnani and Francesco Basilicata, the megalepivolo work of water supply, the construction of an aqueduct length of 15 kilometers, carrying the waters of different sources from the northern slopes Youchtas.
Candia, now Heraklion always had water shortage. The city was supplied with water from wells with brackish water, small fountains and water tanks which collect the rainwater. Know that in 1639 there were 1270 wells and 273 tanks.
The general Francesco Morosini foreseeable designed and implemented with the assistance of engineers Zorzi Corner, Raffaello Monnani and Francesco Basilicata, the megalepivolo work of water supply, the construction of an aqueduct length of 15 kilometers, carrying the waters of different sources from the northern slopes Youchtas. The project lasted only 14 months and was inaugurated on the feast day of the patron St. Mark on April 25, 1628. The aqueduct within the city went through a trilobed bridge in its current square "Three Arches", supplied the fountain that keeps the present day name foreseeable Morosini in Piazza delle Biade, Eleftherios Venizelos Square today.
Prefectures of Crete
