
On Kalami hill, overlooking the Souda gulf and 14km east of Chania on the national highway Chania-Rethymnon, stands the Itzedin Fortress, which was initially Venetian and then Turkish. It was named after the first-born son of Abdul Pasha, Aziz Itzedin. Reouf Pasha built the fortress in 1872 on the pre-existing tower, which was built by the...