Palace of Minos

Palace of Minos

1700-1400 BCE

1843

Single Built Works

Greece (nation)

Knosós (ancient site)

Minoan

palaces

View of section of what may have been a private residence at the Palace of Knossos in Crete, with columns and interior walls at the west wing, south west corner. "This palace, the largest known in Crete, with an area of 22,000 sq. metres (26,000 sq. yards), was excavated by A. Evans between 1899 and 1932, and spectacularly restored, sometimes excessively. It occupies the summit of a small hill, and to the east it dominates a ravine on to which the royal apartments look out, with their large megaron on the Minoan plan—open on two sides, reached by a large staircase. The three main entrances are to the north, the west and the south. The western wing was occupied by extensive storerooms and by official apartments—audience and reception halls, sanctuary; a large staircase leads to state rooms,"--John Julius Norwich. The World Atlas of Architecture. p134.

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