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Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the famous evergreen and ageless plane tree at the archaeological site at Gortys. According to legend, Zeus in the appearance of a bull brought Princess Europa to lie with him under the tree after abducting her from Phoenica. Three mythical sons were born to Europa: Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. It is said, the plane tree witnessed all this and has refused to sheds its leaves ever since. In centuries past, locals used to picks the leaves of the tree hoping that it will help them have sons. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.

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Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the famous evergreen and ageless plane tree at the archaeological site at Gortys. According to legend, Zeus in the appearance of a bull brought Princess Europa to lie with him under the tree after abducting her from Phoenica. Three mythical sons were born to Europa: Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. It is said, the plane tree witnessed all this and has refused to sheds its leaves ever since. In centuries past, locals used to picks the leaves of the tree hoping that it will help them have sons. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.

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