Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Souda Bay

Since Souda Bay being a natural harbour has always been of great strategic importance and the isthmus is only about two kilometers wide, even the island of Souda was fortified by the Venetians.

The Izzeddin Fortress is an Ottoman fortress in Souda Bay. It was established by the Ottomans in 1872. Already under the Cretan State (1898–1913) it was used as a prison, and continued so when Crete passed under Greek rule, until 1950. It was particularly notorious as a site of imprisonment for political prisoners, especially during the dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos (1925–26) and the Greek Civil War.