Tag: Palace

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  Crete: Minoan Archaeological Sites

  Crete (Κρήτη), home of the ancient Minoan civilization, is the largest Greek island in the center of the busy eastern Mediterranean…

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  Knossos

  Knossos (Κνωσσός, also transliterated as Cnossos, Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus, Gnossos) palace was undeniably the most important center of Minoan Crete. It is…

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  Malia

  The Minoan palace at Malia (Μάλια) is the third largest palace of Minoan Crete after Knossos and Phaistos. The palace’s proximity…

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  Mycenae Archaeological Site

  Mycenae (Greek: Μυκήνες) is one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece. The fortified citadel is perched over the fertile plain…

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  Nestor’s Palace

  The Mycenaean palace of Nestor (Ανάκτορο του Νέστορα) is an archaeological site near Pylos, Messenia, in SW Peloponnese, Greece. It was…

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  Phaistos

  Phaistos (Φαιστός, also transliterated as Faestos, Phaestos, Faistos) is the second largest Minoan palace of Crete after Knossos. The Bronze Age…

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  Tiryns Archaeological Site

  Tiryns is an important Mycenaean citadel in Argolis, Peloponnese. In the Bronze Age, it was a major Mycenaean stronghold, and was…

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  Zakros

  The Minoan palace of Zakros (Ζάρκος, also known as Zakro, or Kato Zakros) is located on the east coast of Crete,…

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