Tag Archives: Archaelogical Sites
Lassithi Plateau and the Dikteon Cave
Posted on18. Jun, 2009 by Katia.
Lassithi plateau in Crete, one of the few areas in the Mediterranean featuring permanent residents at a high altitude – over 800 meters – covers an area of approximately 25,000 sq kilometres. It is a colourful patchwork of fertile green and yellow fields, encircled by high mountain ranges and irrigated by windmills that compose a [...]
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Minoan Palace in Malia
Posted on16. May, 2009 by Katia.
The third biggest palatial centre of Crete lies at a short distance from the shores, in close proximity (3km) to the village of Malia. The Minoan Palace in Malia was erected approximately in 1900 BC, during the Minoan Era, at the same time as the other palaces in Knossos and Phaistos and it was the [...]
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Knossos Palace
Posted on09. May, 2009 by Katia.
On the eve of the 20th century Sir Arthur Evans discovered Knossos, the main Palace of the Minoan Civilization in Crete. Settled upon the area of Heraklion and named after King Minos of Crete, the Palace of Knossos features numerous details of the great Minoan Civilization and is considered to be the largest Bronze Age [...]
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Bull-leaping fresco
Posted on07. May, 2009 by Katia.
Bull-leaping was the favourite sports of the Minoans. It was a ritual practised mostly by young men and women, a spectacle memorialised in the frescoes at Knossos Palace.
Photo of Bull-leaping fresco by oboulko
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Minoan frescoes in Knossos
Posted on07. May, 2009 by Katia.
Knossos is a multi-storey building lying at almost six acres of land, which was built between 1700 and 1400BC. Walls were decorated by frescoes and other paintings, adding a sophisticated note to the Palace.
Tourists admiring the Minoan Prince fresco in Knossos. Photo by Robert Young
