Venizelos Graves

Eleftherios Venizelos was the most prominent politician in modern Greek history, defining the country's fate during the years he served for seven times as Prime Minister of Greece in the beginning of the 20th century - Athens International Airport, the biggest in Greece, is named after him. Venizelos was born in Chania, and now, in a shady place in the outskirts of the city close to the road to Akrotiri, lies his grave, along with the grave of his son Sophocles Venizelos, who also became a Prime Minister of Greece. The site, on top of a hill, offers one of the best views of Chania city and the coastline around it. In the site there is also the picturesque small church of Profitis Ilias and the statue of Spyrus Kagialedakis or Kagiales, a Cretan hero of the Greek revolution against the Ottomans.