travel europe greece crete knossos

As a history buff, I was always fascinted with the Bronze Age Minoan civilization and their myths and legends of bull dancers, the maze and the Minitaur, and an early architecture
that featured flushing toilets and unique "inverted" columns...
Historians believe this site was has been inhabited since the first Neolithic settlement c. 7000 BC.

LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON KNOSSOS

TRAVEL: 1978 -


This location has earned an over-all four star (very good) rating from
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unless noted otherwise all images copyright d. holmes chamberlin jr architect llc

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To the right center is the restored North Entrance with the charging bull fresco, Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1978.



Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1978.



Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1978.



Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1978.



Interior view of reconstructed Minoan architecture with it's famous "inverted" columns, Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1978.



One of the throne rooms, Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1978.



This reconstruction shows that the early Minoans had a working indoor sewer system
long before most of the rest of the world had even considered the possibility.




copyright d. holmes chamberlin jr architect llc

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