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THE PALATIAL COMPLEX IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN
AVANT-GARDE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE ΤΑ ΑΝΑΚΤΟΡΑ
ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙΖΟΝΤΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΠΡΩΤΟΠΟΡΙΑΚΗ ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ

The West forced to send an annual blood tribute of I can imagine King Minos’s daughter
bastion, 7 young maidens and 7 young men. Ariadne falling madly in love with him and
with frescoe Entering the archaeological site from the handing him the a ball of thread – Ariadne’s
(duplicate)
of the sacred western entrance, Sir Arthur Evans’ bust thread – that would help him enter the
bull. reminds me of the British archaeologist’s Labyrinth without getting lost and thus kill
Ο Δυτικός lifework. the Minotaur.
προμαχώνας,
κοσμημένος The city had been initially discovered After 1700 B.C., when the city was leveled
με το by the merchant Minos Kalokairinos in by an earthquake, a complex of grandiose,
αντίγραφο 1878 and was gradually brought to light interlocking, multi-storied palaces was
της
τοιχογραφίας by Evans’ spade in excavations that lasted built on the remnants of the old ones. The
του ταύρου. for thirty years (1900-1931). “It was an palatial complex covers an area of 20,000
idea, my work...”, remarks the visionary square meters and is characterized by an
archaeologist who managed to confirm the avant-garde architectural style, support
ancient legends. pillars, a variety of construction material,
I am strolling around and images spring an enviable drainage and a separate water
to life: I can see Daedalus constructing the supply system bearing testament to the
Labyrinth beneath the Palace and later on advanced level of civilization. The interiors
the dashing Theseus setting sail from Athens are luxurious, painted in vivid colors and
to save the Athenians. multicolored frescos. The palace’s four

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