This Castle was built in 1371, during the four and a half centuries of Venetian rule.In 1669 Crete was conquered by the Turks, who remained there until 1898. Din inbniet fl Castle 1371, matul l-erba 'u nofs ta' sekli Venezjana rule.In 1669 Kreta kienet conquered mill-Turks, li baqa 'hemm sal-1898.
During the period of Turkish occupation there were many revolts, one such taking place at Frangokastello on 18 May 1828. Matul il-perijodu ta 'okkupazzjoni Tork kien hemm ħafna revolts, waħda minn tali li saru waqt Frangokastello fit-18 Mejju 1828. The resultant bloody battle, involved 800 Turks and 700 Cretans. Il-battalja riżultanti imdemmi, involuti 800 Turks u 700 Cretans.
A strange phenomenon is said to occur here on a morning each year, between 17 and 30 May, just before sunrise. A stramba fenomenu huwa qal li jseħħu hawn fuq filgħodu kull sena, bejn 17 u 30 ta 'Mejju, eżatt qabel sunrise. A shadowy column of armed black figures leaves the ruins of a nearby church and proceed to march along the castle walls. A shadowy kolonna tat armati iswed figuri weraq ta 'l-ruins qrib knisja u tipproċedi biex flimkien mar-kastell ħitan. These figures, (known as "dew men", only appear for 10 minutes, and are believed by the locals to be the souls of the dead Cretans. Dawn iċ-ċifri, (magħrufa bħala "nida irġiel", jidhru biss għal 10 minuti, u li huma maħsuba mill-lokal li tkun l-erwieħ tal-mejtin Cretans.
This occurrence has been investigated by scientists, who could only explain it as some extraordinary mirage originating in Libya, almost 250km away. Din l-okkorrenza ġiet investigata mill xjentisti, li jistgħu jispjegaw biss bħala xi straordinarja Mirage joriġinaw fil-Libja, kważi 250km bogħod. To the locals this seemed impossible, as the distance is surely too great, and the dates correspond with the anniversary of the battle. Lill-lokal dan deher impossibbli, bħala d-distanza hija żgur kbir wisq, u d-dati jikkorrispondu ma 'l-anniversarju tal-battalja.
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