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. Ta grad je bil zgrajen leta 1371, med štiri in pol stoletja beneških rule.In 1669 Kreta je osvojil s Turki, ki so ostali tam do 1898.
During the period of Turkish occupation there were many revolts, one such taking place at Frangokastello on 18 May 1828. V obdobju turške okupacije ni bilo veliko revolts, ena od teh, ki se odvijajo na Frangokastello 18. maja 1828. The resultant bloody battle, involved 800 Turks and 700 Cretans. Rezultirajoči krvava bitka, vključenih 800 Turks in 700 Cretans.
A strange phenomenon is said to occur here on a morning each year, between 17 and 30 May, just before sunrise. A čuden pojav je dejal, da se pojavi tukaj na jutro vsako leto med 17. in 30. maja, tik pred sončnim vzhodom. A shadowy column of armed black figures leaves the ruins of a nearby church and proceed to march along the castle walls. A sjenovita stolpcu oboroženih črne številke pušča ruševine bližnje cerkve in nadaljujemo do marec vzdolž stene gradu. 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. Te številke, (znan kot "rošenju moški", se pojavi samo za 10 minut, in so menili, z domačini, da so duše umrlih Cretans.
This occurrence has been investigated by scientists, who could only explain it as some extraordinary mirage originating in Libya, almost 250km away. Ta pojav je bil raziskan z znanstveniki, ki bi le pojasniti, saj so nekatere izredno Opsjena poreklom iz Libije, skoraj 250km stran. To the locals this seemed impossible, as the distance is surely too great, and the dates correspond with the anniversary of the battle. Za domačine to zdelo nemogoče, saj je razdalja gotovo preveč velika, in datume ustrezajo obletnici bitki.
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