Fabulous Crete

in the area of halepa is the palace of prince george, the house of eleftherios venizelos, the french school (1860), the church of st. magdalene (1903) and the church of evangelismos. other places are of interest from later years: "villa koundourou", the workshop of fine arts and the youth centre, the municipal park (1870) with its clock, the market (built in 1913, a cross-shaped building with hundreds of small shops), the park of peoples's peace and friendship, the court house, the prefecture, the ?venizelion? school of music, the historic archives museum, the war museum and the museum of chemistry.