- The ruins at Knossos were discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos, a Cretan merchant and antiquarian.
- One of the most interesting discoveries in the Palace of Knossos was the large number of murals that decorated the walls.
- The famous Ladies in Blue fresco that once adorned the walls of Knossos palace.
- You’ll find the shrines, storerooms and banquet halls of the palace as well as Knossos Palace’s all-important Throne Room, the oldest in Europe.
- The Minoan palace is the main site of interest at Knossos, an important city in antiquity, which was inhabited continuously from the Neolithic period until the 5th c...
- Knossos veya Knossos, en büyük ihtişamına MÖ 2. binyılda ulaşan Minos uygarlığı sırasında Girit'teki en önemli şehirdi . C., Avrupa'nın en eski saray kompleksidir.
- The city of Knossos is estimated to have held up to 100,000 people at its peak and it continued to be an important city-state until the early Byzantine period.