<< Our Photo Pages >> Phaistos - Ancient Palace in Greece in Crete
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Phaistos Alternative Name: Φαιστός, Phaestos, FaistosCountry: Greece
NOTE: This site is 2.667 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Crete Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Vori
Latitude: 35.051220N Longitude: 24.813817E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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SolarMegalith visited on 25th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
43559959 visited on 22nd Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
davidmorgan visited on 1st Mar 1982 My second visit - 37 years later. What a wonderful site! Minoan palaces are intriguing, with shared features among them.
Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Kuba visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 4.75 Access: 4.25
The original palace was built in the Proto-Palace Period (around 2000 BCE). It was rebuilt twice after natural disasters.
Destroyed by invading Achaeans in around 1400 BCE.
Note: Translating the Phaistos Disc: A hymn to the Mother goddess of Crete?
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