City Park of Chania

City park
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8 november 2021Travel time: 20 august 2021
The beautiful, shady city park of Chania is a green and well-groomed oasis located in the city center and is a great place for walks and recreation for children and adults. The park is located between two shopping streets Andrea Papandreou and Janakaki. In the park with old trees, lawns and cobbled paths there is a cafeteria, a small zoo and a lake with swans and ducks. Younger visitors can have fun on the well-equipped playground or in the library with a large selection of games.

The park (Kipos) was laid out in 1870 by order of the Turkish Governor-General of Crete Reuf Pasha and met European standards of the time. In 1918 the park was restored by gardener-agronomist Konstantinos Spai. In 1905, the first open-air summer cinema opened in the City Park, and in the 1920s, an unusual clock tower was erected on the northeast side of the garden.
In 1936, a cafe with retro interiors was opened in the park, in the former Parliament building, where you can relax and enjoy coffee, soft drinks and snacks.

In the park there are several busts of prominent citizens of Chania, as well as an interesting bronze bas-relief "Battle of Crete", which shows the stages of the struggle of Cretans for their freedom in World War II.
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