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Surroundings:

Minoan palace of KnossosMinoan palace of KnossosPithoi - large storage minoan containersPithoi - large storage minoan containersPithoi at Knossos

Location:

  • Greece, Knosós
  • geo:35.298813,25.162397
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -2000~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=24851

Annotations

The Palace of Minos at Knossos on Kephala Hill on the island of Crete is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.

Sources:

Sir Arthur Evans, The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos, Volume I: The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages,  London : Macmillan 1921


Nearby

House of the Frescoes, Knossos

House decorated with frescoes

Knossos - Theatre-West Court

Theatral area at Knosos

Knosos

OmnesViae import TPPlace2071 Bronze Age - Minoan city on Crete. Considered the oldest European city. Latin: Cnossus.Knossos.


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