Saint Mark's Basilica is a former church and mosque that currently houses the Herakleion Municipal Art Gallery, featuring Greek and foreign artists.
Saint Mark Basilica was one of the first churches founded during Venetian Crete. During the Ottoman rule the church was turned into a mosque.
Over the centuries, the Church of St. Titus has continually alternated between the status of mosque and church, according to the will of the successive inhabitants of the island (Saracens, Byzantines, Venetians, Ottomans and Greeks). The temple was finally consecrated as a church in 1925.
The Museum of Byzantine Icons and Relics of the Archdiocese of Crete exhibits a series of artworks and religious objects from different periods of the history of Crete, from the early Byzantine period to the end of the Ottoman rule in Greece. It is housed in the former Church of Saint Catherine of Sinai.
The Catholic church of Saint John the Baptist was founded in the 13th century, during the Venetian era. It functioned as a mosque under Ottoman rule. Part of the building was destroyed in the bombings of Heraklion during World War II. After the war, the church resumed its activity as a Catholic place of worship.
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