Minoan Crete is a place in which a great many elements of European civilisation appear for the first time, with architectural monument, that are unique in area, volume, wealth and history; international trade relations with all th known poeples of the world at that time, especially ancient Egypt, where there is abundant evidence of the Keftiu who have been indetified as Cretans; a religion manifest in every expression of daily life; love of nature confirmed, inter alia, by the presence of the plant, marine and animal worlds in work of art; respect for the human being demonstrated by the attention to and care of the dead in manificent necropolises; and above all their singular art, xhose duration is long and multifaced.
It is a place, then, whose, myths, tradition, and high level of culture attract and charm anyone who decides to iinvestigate it.