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Cretaquarium

The Cretaquarium building is part of the Thalassocosmos complex, the largest research, technology and entertainment centre in the Mediterranean. Thalassocosmos extends over 6 hectares in the northwest shoreward section of the former American Base at Gournes, Heraklion Prefecture. 

This is where your experience exploring the Mediterranean sea world begins, coming face to face with hundreds of species and thousands of living organisms. Visitors will be fascinated by their behaviour as they reveal the wide variety of shapes, colors, habits and needs of their own world: the Cretan Parrotfish, the multicolored Ornate Wrasse, the mighty shark, the silent mollusks and the ever-swaying marine plants all differ in their behavior. The life of the motionless coral is entirely different from that of the ever-moving tuna fish, the pulsating anemone, the supple sea fan, the flying skate or the drifting jellyfish.

The Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) is the major national institution engaged in development and research activities in all fields of the aquatic environment. The center is constituted of five relevant Institutes, amongst which the renowned Institute of Oceanography that produces information regarding all aspects of the marine environment. The basis for a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the marine environment has been developed to deal with the interactions among physical, chemical, biological and geological processes, which form the key issues in today's marine research.

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• www.cretaquarium.gr
  www.hcmr.gr