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Souda
In Souda bay (from the latin word suda that means narrow passage) there are a few small islands, among which Souda is the biggest.
The Venetians built the renowned fortress in Souda in 1205, in order to protect the bay from the piratical attacks. It had 44 cannons of all types and they managed to protect the port even from the attacks of the pirate Barbarossa.
They had succeeded in fortifying it so well that the Turks took it over 70 whole years later than Hania.
They succeeded in 1714 after they had first occupied Peloponnese, consequently, the Venetians and Cretans who were inside the castle had no help. In February 1913, when the Turks withdrew from Crete, there was a marble sign in the fortress that says: "Turkish Rule in Crete 1669-1913, that is 267 years, 7 months and 7 days of agony".
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