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Home › Culture › Arts › Greek › Palaces

Palaces

First Palace Period (Crete)

Chania
It was built around a central court. Little else is known.
Knossus
It was built around a central court. Little else is known.
Mallia
It was built around a central court. Little else is known.
Phaistos
There was a paved courtyard, which was crossed by raised walkways. On the north side were stepped stone benches. The courtyard was surrounded by buildings. Beyond the buildings were paved courts.

Second Palace Period (Crete)

Knossus
It covered about 13,000 square meters (15,550 square yards). The central courtyard was surrounded by buildings. The ground floor on the west wing was used for storage. There were possibly three or four floors on the south wing. The foundations used carefully dressed stone. The walls were strengthened by timber beams. Many were faced with gypsum or finished with plaster and decorated with fancy frescoes. There were monumental staircases, supporting pillars, and multiple doorways throughout.
Mallia
It was similar to, but not as elaborate as, Knossus.
Phaistos
It was similar to, but not as elaborate as, Knossus.
Zakros
There was a central courtyard, but none to the west, and possibly no upper floors. It was separated from the adjacent town by a wall.




Third Palace Period (Mainland)*

Mycenae
It was smaller than those on Crete. It had a megaron (large hall) with a central hearth. The hall was entered from a smaller room (or vestibule). The area was about 12 square meters (14.4 square yards). There wer elaborate frescoes and stuccoed and painted floors in the palace. The foundations were of rubble set in clay. The walls were mud brick or rubble, with timber beams. There were two or three floors and storage rooms.
Pylos
The size was about 54 by 30 meters (59 by 32.8 yards). There was a base for a throne in the megaron. The porch opened onto a courtyard which was surrounded by a portico with wooden columns. Otherwise, it was like the palace at Mycenae.
Tiryns
The size was about 70 by 60 meters (76.5 by 65.6 yards). The courtyard was similar to the one at Pylos. Otherwise, it was like the palace at Mycenae.

* Palaces continued on Crete.

Hellenistic Period

The palaces were relatively simple. The rooms were arranged around a courtyard. They were similar to the houses of the period, except they were larger and had more richly decorated features.




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