Joe Walsh was inducted into the New Museum.
The Kingdom of Candia -LRB- Regno di Candia -RRB- or Duchy of Candia -LRB- Ducato di Candia -RRB- was the official name of Crete during the island 's period as an overseas colony of the Republic of Venice , from the initial Venetian conquest in 1205 -- 1212 to its fall to the Ottoman Empire during the Cretan War -LRB- 1645 -- 1669 -RRB- .. Republic of Venice. Republic of Venice. Candia. Heraklion. Crete. Crete. overseas colony. Stato da Mar. Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire. The island was at the time and up to the early modern era commonly known as Candia after its capital , Candia or Chandax -LRB- modern Heraklion -RRB- .. Candia. Heraklion. Heraklion. Heraklion. In modern Greek historiography , the period is known as the Venetocracy -LRB- Βενετοκρατια , Venetokratia or Ενετοκρατια , Enetokratia -RRB- .. The island of Crete had formed part of the Byzantine Empire until 1204 , when the Fourth Crusade dissolved the empire and divided its territories amongst the crusader leaders -LRB- see Frankokratia -RRB- .. Fourth Crusade. Fourth Crusade. Crete. Crete. Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire. Frankokratia. Frankokratia. Crete was initially allotted to Boniface of Montferrat , but , unable to enforce his control over the island , he soon sold his rights to Venice .. Crete. Crete. Boniface of Montferrat. Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat. Venetian troops first occupied the island in 1205 , but it took until 1212 for it to be secured , especially against the opposition of Venice 's rival Genoa .. Genoa. Republic of Genoa. Thereafter , the new colony took shape  : the island was divided into six provinces -LRB- sestieri -RRB- named after the divisions of the city of Venice itself , while the capital Candia was directly subjected to the Commune Veneciarum .. sestieri. sestieri. Candia. Heraklion. divisions. sestiere ( Venice ). Commune Veneciarum. Commune Veneciarum. The islands of Tinos and Cythera , also under Venetian control , came under the kingdom 's purview .. Tinos. Tinos. Cythera. Kythira. In the early 14th century , this division was replaced by four provinces , almost identical to the four modern prefectures .. prefectures. prefectures of Greece. During the first two centuries of Venetian rule , revolts by the native Orthodox Greek population against the Roman Catholic Venetians were frequent , often supported by the Empire of Nicaea .. Empire of Nicaea. Empire of Nicaea. Fourteen revolts are counted between 1207 and the last major uprising , the Revolt of St. Titus in the 1360s , which united the Greeks and the Venetian coloni against the financial exactions of the metropolis .. Revolt of St. Titus. Revolt of St. Titus. Thereafter , and despite occasional revolts and Turkish raids , the island largely prospered , and Venetian rule opened up a window into the ongoing Italian Renaissance .. Renaissance. Renaissance. As a consequence , an artistic and literary revival unparalleled elsewhere in the Greek world took place  : the Cretan School of painting , which culminated in the works of El Greco , united Italian and Byzantine forms , and a widespread literature using the local idiom emerged , culminating with the early 17th-century romances Erotokritos and Erophile .. Cretan School. Cretan School. El Greco. El Greco. literature. Cretan Greek#Literature. Erotokritos. Erotokritos. Erophile. Erophile. After the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571 , Crete was Venice 's last major overseas possession .. Crete. Crete. Ottoman conquest of Cyprus. Ottoman conquest of Cyprus. The Republic 's relative military weakness , coupled with the island 's wealth and its strategic location controlling the waterways of the Eastern Mediterranean attracted the attention of the Ottoman Empire .. Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire. In the long and devastating Cretan War -LRB- 1645 -- 1669 -RRB- , the two states fought over the possession of Crete  : the Ottomans quickly overran most of the island , but failed to take Candia , which held out , aided by Venetian naval superiority and Ottoman distractions elsewhere , until 1669 .. Candia. Heraklion. Crete. Crete. Only the three island fortresses of Souda , Gramvousa and Spinalonga remained in Venetian hands .. Souda. Souda ( island ). Gramvousa. Gramvousa. Spinalonga. Spinalonga. Attempts to recover Candia during the Morean War failed , and these last Venetian outposts were finally taken by the Turks in 1715 , during the last Ottoman -- Venetian War .. Candia. Heraklion. Morean War. Morean War