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The Museum of National Resistance is located in the village Theriso and includes rich photographic material from the period of the National Resistance of 1941-1945. The Museum includes weapons and heirlooms of fighters as well as various objects and clippings of newspapers of that period.
It is the sole museum of its kind in Crete and between its objectives is the recording, study, projection and maintenance of historical memory of Cretan National Resistance during the period 1941-1945. The Museum opened during the summertime of 2003.
The Gorge of Therisso, even if visited by car, and the beauty of the village of Therisso, built at the foot of the White Mountains at an altitude of 580 m and only 15 km distant from Chania, will remain unforgettable to the visitor.
The great politician and later Prime Minister of Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos, born in Chania at the beginning of the previous century, actualised the Cretan Revolution from the village of Therisso in order to unite the island of Crete and the rest of Greece, after four hundred years of slavery under the Turks.
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Historical and Folklore Museum of Therisos
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This Museum was founded in 1985 and it located in the building that was used as headquarters of Eleftherios Venizelos. The museum hosts objects of that period, archives and photographic material, armament, as well as personal objects of Eleftherios Venizelos.
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