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Melidoni
editI moved to Crete two years ago and have started to explore its history & culture.
I wanted to write an article on Melidoni.
Melidoni is a small community close to Rethymno in central north Crete. Nearby in a UNESCO park are the Melidoni caves.
The caves are an example of a vast underground cavern which has had many uses over thousands of years, from habitation to worship and refuge.
During the 15th century a massacre of Cretan men, women and children was committed by Ottoman soldiers against a civilian population. Over a hundred people were suffocated or burnt to death when the Turkish troops blocked the entrance to the cave and three combustible material into the chasms below. Spiralwhats in your boxCox (talk) 13:33, 13 September 2024 (UTC)