Greece, Crete, Heraklion – Morosini Lions Fountain (00:02:26)

One of the most known fountains of Heraklion, point of reference for its inhabitants, but also for the visitors.
Today it is one of the most beautiful monuments of the city situated at the center of the most busy square – Eleftherios Venizelos sq. – of the town
The Venetian General Provisioner of Candia (Crete and Iraklion in Venetian times) Francesco Morosini ordered and supervised its construction in 1628. He managed to bring water from the Archanes’ springs to the thirsty town of Heraklion through a complicated – for that period – system of pipelines and channels.