Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 2:07:07 GMT -5
In Cretan archeology of the Bronze Age , the word “palace” is perhaps the one that first comes to mind. The Minoan palaces are without a doubt the most striking and relevant constructions in the island's landscape. Traditionally, the existence of four palaces has been pointed out – Knossos, Festus, Malia and Zakros – and although current research has confirmed the existence of many others (for example Petras, Gurnia, Glatas or Monastiraki to name just a few) without ruling out Although more may appear in the future, these – except the last one – are undoubtedly the largest and probably the ones that have had the most development throughout the long Minoan period or, at least, in historiographic research up to the present day. And if talking about Minoan archeology means talking about palaces, mentioning these takes us almost unintentionally to Knossos, mainly because Knossos is the one that had the greatest continuity and was the only one that survived the destructions of the recent Minoan IB ( ca. BC). . C.).
Knossos that we are going to talk about here, but rather the palace of Festus , probably the second most emblematic site on the island, not because its palace is the largest or even the oldest, but because it represents, until now, , the best source of information on early Cretan palatial architecture. Let's get to it... Phaistos Palace Minoan Crete View of the central courtyard of the Phaistos palace. Of the three cities united B2B Email List under one metropolis by Minos, the third, called Festus, was razed to the ground by the Gortinians. It is located six stadiums from Gortyn, twenty from the sea and forty from the port of Matala, and its territory is governed by those who destroyed it (Strabo, Geography IV.). As on so many other occasions, Strabo's story mixes mythical events that would be attributed to the Minoan era – according to legend, the first king of Festus would have been Rhadamanthys, the brother of Minos – with others much later than the destruction of the last one. palace, but it is very useful to focus on the place where Phaistos was erected, since its location has a lot to do with its primacy in the region during the Middle Minoan and the role it played in general in the history of the Minoan civilization .
The palace of Festus is located on the Mesara plain, one of the richest and most dynamic in the south of the island, and as Strabo rightly states, like Knossos, it did not have direct access to the sea, so it was co-dependent on others. port or peripheral establishments such as Hagia Triada or Kommos to maintain commercial contact with the main cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, although it is disputed whether a condition of autarky or self-sufficiency outside the maritime trade routes could have existed in the initial period of the palace. As in Knossos, Malia or any other Minoan center equipped with a “palace”, we are not talking about an isolated structure located in the middle of an empty landscape, but rather a large construction located in a prominent place in a more or less complex urban center. Phaistos Palace Minoan Crete Theatrical area of the Palace of Festus, with its characteristic stands. This is one of the areas intended for ceremonies, in this case located in the northern sector of the western patio.
Knossos that we are going to talk about here, but rather the palace of Festus , probably the second most emblematic site on the island, not because its palace is the largest or even the oldest, but because it represents, until now, , the best source of information on early Cretan palatial architecture. Let's get to it... Phaistos Palace Minoan Crete View of the central courtyard of the Phaistos palace. Of the three cities united B2B Email List under one metropolis by Minos, the third, called Festus, was razed to the ground by the Gortinians. It is located six stadiums from Gortyn, twenty from the sea and forty from the port of Matala, and its territory is governed by those who destroyed it (Strabo, Geography IV.). As on so many other occasions, Strabo's story mixes mythical events that would be attributed to the Minoan era – according to legend, the first king of Festus would have been Rhadamanthys, the brother of Minos – with others much later than the destruction of the last one. palace, but it is very useful to focus on the place where Phaistos was erected, since its location has a lot to do with its primacy in the region during the Middle Minoan and the role it played in general in the history of the Minoan civilization .
The palace of Festus is located on the Mesara plain, one of the richest and most dynamic in the south of the island, and as Strabo rightly states, like Knossos, it did not have direct access to the sea, so it was co-dependent on others. port or peripheral establishments such as Hagia Triada or Kommos to maintain commercial contact with the main cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, although it is disputed whether a condition of autarky or self-sufficiency outside the maritime trade routes could have existed in the initial period of the palace. As in Knossos, Malia or any other Minoan center equipped with a “palace”, we are not talking about an isolated structure located in the middle of an empty landscape, but rather a large construction located in a prominent place in a more or less complex urban center. Phaistos Palace Minoan Crete Theatrical area of the Palace of Festus, with its characteristic stands. This is one of the areas intended for ceremonies, in this case located in the northern sector of the western patio.