<< Our Photo Pages >> Palaikastro - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Crete
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Multi-periodSite Name: Palaikastro Alternative Name: RussolakosCountry: Greece Region: Crete Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 35.195000N Longitude: 26.275500E
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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Klingon visited on 6th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
43559959 visited on 26th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.5
The Minoan settlement of Palaikastro at Russolakos.
It flourished during the mid-Minoan period but some remains date back to the pre-Minoan period. Tombs with numerous well preserved bones have been found.
The anthropologists that studied the bones found important information about the body structure of the Minoans, who reportedly had an average body length of 1.60 for men and 1.50 for women.
A central street connects with 4 other streets that divide the town in 9 distinct areas.
Houses facing the central road had imposing fronts as well as being hooked up to a drainage system functioning throughout the site.
In the area B, among others, there was a chamber-manor with 4 lines of columns and a kitchen, a "Lustral Basin", a well, a home shrine, a bath, and an oil storage room,and an oil press as well.
The location next to the ocean is very pleasant. A nice site to spend some time walking around.
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