The destruction of the Arkadi Monastery, Crete

During the Cretan revolt (1866) against the Ottoman Empire, a considerable number of Greeks, mostly women and children, took refuge at the monastery. After a three-day siege by the Ottomans, the Creta.. Смотреть далее »ns decided to blow themselves rather than surrendering.

Страна:	Греция
Тип:	Почтовые марки
Номинал:	8 ₯
Год:	1930
Размер:	40 x 25 mm
Перфорация:	comb 12
Тираж:	3,000,000