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New page: '''Arkadi''' (Greek Αρκάδι) is a municipality in Rethymno prefecture, Crete, Greece. Its population is 5,644 inhabitants according to the 2001 Census. ...

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'''Arkadi''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Αρκάδι) is a municipality in [[Rethymno prefecture]], [[Crete]], [[Greece]]. Its population is 5,644 inhabitants according to the 2001 Census.

Arkadi is well known for its monastery whose holocaust in [[1866]] inspired Cretans in their struggle to achieve union ([[enosis]]) with Greece.

==Arkadi Monastery==
By the mid-1800s, the Turks had occupied Crete for more than two centuries, despite frequent bloody uprisings by Cretan rebels, including the Daskaloyiannis Revolt of [[1770]] and their participation in the Greek [[War of Independence]] of [[1821]]. In the [[1866]] rebellion, the monastery became the rebels' headquarters, owing to its central position on the island and it's strategic location.

There were 259 rebels in the monastery and 12 out of the 16 revolutionary committee's members. In addition to the rebels and revolutionary leaders, there were 700 unarmed women and children from nearby villages who were seeking refuge from the Turks.

On [[November 8]], [[1866]], the Monastery was surrounded by 15,000 Turkish soldiers under Suleyman Bey, armed with 30 cannons. The Turkish commander gave [[Abott Gabriel Marinakis]] an ultimatum, which was to either surrender or the Monastery would be destroyed. The ultimatum was answered by gunfire from the rebels.

After a few days of fighting, the Turks, by sheer weight of numbers penetrated the Monastery's walls. As they poured into the inner courtyard, they fought hand to hand with the rebels. The women and children sought refuge in a gunpowder room where they decided it would be better to blow the monastery up than surrender to the Turks. Konstantinos Giaboudakis set the gunpowder off and caused the explosion which killed the besieged Greeks and several hundred Turkish soldiers.

864 Greeks were killed in the battle for Arkadi as were over 1,500 Turks and Egyptians .

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	Arkadi is well known for its monastery whose holocaust in [[1866]] inspired Cretans in their struggle to achieve union ([[enosis]]) with Greece.		Arkadi is well known for its monastery whose holocaust in [[1866]] inspired Cretans in their struggle to achieve union ([[enosis]]) with Greece.

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 ==Arkadi Monastery==
-By the mid-1800s, the Turks had occupied Crete for more than two centuries, despite frequent bloody uprisings by Cretan rebels, including the Daskaloyiannis Revolt of [[1770]] and their participation in the Greek [[War of Independence]] of [[1821]]. In the [[1866]] rebellion, the monastery became the rebels' headquarters, owing to its central position on the island and it's strategic location.
+By the mid-1800s, the Turks had occupied Crete for more than two centuries, despite frequent bloody uprisings by Cretan rebels, including the [[Daskaloyiannis]] Revolt of [[1770]] and their participation in the Greek [[War of Independence]] of [[1821]]. In the [[1866]] rebellion, the monastery became the rebels' headquarters, owing to its central position on the island and it's strategic location.
 There were 259 rebels in the monastery and 12 out of the 16 revolutionary committee's members. In addition to the rebels and revolutionary leaders, there were 700 unarmed women and children from nearby villages who were seeking refuge from the Turks.

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 On [[November 8]], [[1866]], the Monastery was surrounded by 15,000 Turkish soldiers under Suleyman Bey, armed with 30 cannons. The Turkish commander gave [[Abott Gabriel Marinakis]] an ultimatum, which was to either surrender or the Monastery would be destroyed. The ultimatum was answered by gunfire from the rebels.
-After a few days of fighting, the Turks, by sheer weight of numbers penetrated the Monastery's walls. As they poured into the inner courtyard, they fought hand to hand with the rebels. The women and children sought refuge in a gunpowder room where they decided it would be better to blow the monastery up than surrender to the Turks. Konstantinos Giaboudakis set the gunpowder off and caused the explosion which killed the besieged Greeks and several hundred Turkish soldiers.
+The following day, the Turks by sheer weight of numbers penetrated the Monastery's walls. As they poured into the inner courtyard, they fought hand to hand with the rebels. The women and children sought refuge in a gunpowder room where they decided it would be better to blow the monastery up than surrender to the Turks. [[Konstantinos Giaboudakis]] set the gunpowder off and caused the explosion which killed the besieged Greeks and several hundred Turkish soldiers.
 Greeks were killed in the battle for Arkadi as were over 1,500 Turks and Egyptians .