Heraklion

Greece 2013
P001 Heraklion, capital and the largest city of the island of Crete, the Venetian fortress of Rocca al Mare (1523–1540) guarding the inner harbor of Heraklion...
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P002 ... approx 3 miles south of Heraklion... the archaeological site of the Minoan Knossos Palace - Knossos, an important city in antiquity continuously inhabited...
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P002a1a ... built on the Kephala Hill, with easy access to the Aegean Sea and the Cretan interior; Palace of Knossos was the seat of the wise king Minos and was...
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P002a3 ... the English archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans conducted systematic excavations and preservations at the site between 1900 and 1931, bringing to light the...
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P003 ... the Palace of Knossos, the largest of the preserved Minoan palatial centers, an intricate building complex built around a central court; containing the...
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P003a1 ... the West Court, a second courtyard, acted both as the official approach to the palace and a ceremonial area...
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P003d2 ... the West Court, a paved open area which divided the Palace from the Minoan town to the west... the Corridor of the Procession, once decorated with a...
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P004a ... three large pits with stone-lined walls, known as
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P006 ... mixed sayings of the functions of the circular pits... some interpreted they're for storing grain; some said they're usded as rubbish dumps for all the...
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P009 ... according to Greek mythology, the palace was designed by famed architect Daidalos with such complexity that no one placed in it could ever find its exit....
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P010 ... Daidalos, a great inventor, built two sets of wings so he and his son Ikaros could fly off the island... Despite warnings from Daidalos, during their...
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P010a The Royal Road, the principal formal approach to the site, can be traced in a straight line from the modern road to Heraklion right up to the base of the steps...
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P010a1 The stone-built Theatral area, consisting of two flights of broad steps along the east and south sides of a small open court... it was believed that the theater...
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P012 ... North Wing of the palace complex... the so-called Customs House at the end of the road leading from the harbor to the palace... Lustral Basins and the North...
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P012a1 ... the reconstructed room resembling a cistern, its floor lower than the surrounding area and reached by steps... the
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P016 ... Lustral Basins were first identified by Arthur Evans at Knossos... consisting of a sunken rectangular room reached by an L-shaped or doglegged stairway; it...
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P017 ... south of the Theatral Area, the causeway branches off with one path heading to the northwest passing by an enclosure with a lustral basin, and the other...
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P020 ... it was believed the Northwest Portico was another entrance to the Palace, via the neighboring North Entrance Passage...
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P021 North Entrance Passage, a long corridor surrounded on each side by three bastions, gradually sloping up to the Central Court of the palace complex...
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P021a1 ... restored bastion with painted relief of a charging bull... West Bastion, North Entrance... Knossos Palace...
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