Palace of Minos
Title
Palace of Minos
Date
ca. 1700-1300 BCE
Identifier
1851
Work Type
plans (orthographic projections)
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Knosós (ancient site)
Style/Period
Minoan
Subject
palaces
site plans
Description
Plan of the lower level of the Palace of Minos at Knossos, Crete. "Like all the known Minoan palaces, Knossos has a large central court. Many rooms on several levels are arranged around the central court and seem to have served various functions. Store rooms, workshops and archives are readily identifiable: more difficult to label are large, distinguished rooms, which may have been state rooms, or smaller, sometimes elaborately decorated rooms, which were perhaps residential. The contents of yet other rooms seem to indicate shrines, though it is generally difficult to distinguish sacred and secular areas in the palace, perhaps because the Minoans themselves scarcely made this distinction,"--The British Museum's website.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
A1GRKNO31300BP3A1
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