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1 MINOAN PALACE OF KNOSSOS Inscription on the European Heritage Label programme
2 Knossos Aerial View Tripartite Shrine and its Treasury Altars Pillar Crypts WEST WING Great Hall & Sanctuary Hall Inner Sanctuary Throne Room Minoan Theatre (ceremonial use) North Lustral Basin and Initiatory Area SOUTH WING Central Court NORTH WING South East Bathroom and Lustral Basin Shrine of the Double Axes Grand Staircase Hall of the Double Axes (King s Hall) Storage Areas Queen s Hall EAST WING
3 An Accomplishment of Creative Ingenuity in Europe The Palace of Knossos covers an area of 20,000 sq. m. It is a multi-storey, labyrinthine structure, surrounding a central court, with advanced water-supply, waste management and drainage systems, a masterpiece of architectural (successive colonnades, intricate, multistorey structures) and artistic achievements
4 Map of the Archaeological Area South House Minoan Viaduct Unexplored Mansion House of the Frescoes Roman Amphitheatre Villa of Dionysus Villa Ariadne Roman Basilica Little Palace Caravanserai Royal Road Temple Tomb House of the High Priest PALACE Royal Villa Theatral Area
5 Promotion of the values of the site Visitor pathways Access for handicapped persons
6 Promotion of the values of the site Educational material provided - available in many European languages
7 Promotion of the values of the site Restoration work Corridor leading from the West Court to the South Gate before, during and after restoration
8 Promotion of the Values of the Site - There are a number of educational activities available on-site - Guided tours are available - There is visitor information placed throughout the Palace, in English and in Greek
9 Cultural Exchanges and Networking Villa Ariadne, a modern housing complex situated within the archaeological site, that accommodates research students, including students participating in European academic exchange programmes, thus contributing to scientific cooperation, exchange of expertise and academic networking in Europe.
10 Minoan Palace of Knossos: Aerial View of the Reconstruction of the Minoan Palace, by excavated site the 23 rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
11 Water collection and purification system: here, rain-water was channeled through the stone conduit into the large stone drain
12 West Wing: Panoramic View
13 Storage Areas used for storing grain, wine, oil and other commodities
14 Minoan Pottery
15 Throne Room: Interior Throne Room: The Throne of King Minos
16 North Entrance
17 The North lustral area, containing the largest and deepest of all lustral basins in the Palace of Knossos
18 East Entrance to the Palace gutters to carry away the rain-water with settling tanks (cisterns) to allow the sediment to sink to the bottom
19 The Grand Staircase or Processional Way, East Wing
20 Royal Chambers
21 Knossos: South Gate and Horns of Consecration, the revered symbol of the Minoans
22 Minoan Theatre
23 Situated in a landscape of outstanding natural beauty Wellknown myths form the intangible values of the site South Gate of the Palace and surrounding natural landscape with Mt Juktas, the Sacred Mount in Minoan tradition shown in the background
24 The Bull fresco and characteristic Minoan columns
25 Landing of the Grand Staircase Hall of the Royal Guard, decorated with a copy of the fresco of figure-of-eight shields
26 The Queen s Hall with Dolphin Fresco
27 Detail of the Fresco of the Procession, which probably hung in the corridor leading from the West Court to the South Gate, depicting the Prince of the Lilies a regal figure, most probably the Priest- King, ca BC, Herakleion Museum
28 Detail from the Dolphin Fresco, which was painted on the wall of the Queen s Hall, ca BC, Herakleion Museum
29 The Blue Bird Fresco from the House of the Frescoes, north-west of the Palace of Knossos, ca BC, Herakleion Museum
30 The Bull-Leaping Fresco, from the East Wing, showing all three stages of this Minoan ceremonial sport, 15 th century BC, Herakleion Museum
31 The bull s head from the Little Palace of Knossos. It was used as a libation vessel (pouring sacrificial offerings). Carved from a block of black steatite, with horns of gilded wood, eyes of inlaid rock crystal and jasper and nostrils of mother-ofpearl, ca BC, Herakleion Museum
32 Libation (ceremonial) jug with beaked spout, a particularly accomplished piece of work with painted and relief decoration, from one of the tombs at Knossos, ca BC, Herakleion Museum Statuette of a Minoan goddess from the Shrine of the Double Axes in the palace of Knossos, 13 th century BC, Herakleion Museum
33 The famous faience statuettes of the Snake Goddesses, from the Temple Repositories, ca BC, Herakleion Museum
34 A Minoan gold ring from the tomb of Isopata, near Knossos, showing a religious scene which may represent an ecstatic ritual dance and an epiphany of a goddess, ca 1500 BC, Herakleion Museum
35 The celebrated Minoan lady known as La Parisienne, part of a fresco that was probably painted on the Sanctuary Wall. The sacral knot worn at the back of the head seems to indicate she is a priestess or even a goddess, ca BC, Herakleion Museum
36 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos First Advanced European Administrative Structure 1. Centralized organization Advanced social and administrative system Central government with decentralization system Hierarchy of social classes ruled by the King
37 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos 2. Bureaucratic control of production (written records) Advanced form of economic organization Advanced commercial organization Customs House controlling the movement of goods
38 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos 3. Advanced system of writing initially a form of hieroglyphic script and later the syllabic Linear A system and, most importantly, Linear B (used by the Mycenaeans), which is the first deciphered European script 4. Creation of artistic masterpieces advanced level of architecture, wall painting and egg-shell type pottery, memorably depicting plant and animal life on land and sea joy of life
39 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos 5. Advanced stage in town planning Labyrinthine, multi-storey palatial complexes surrounding an open space, the central Court Architectural design serving the purposes of civic governance, as well as religious and athletic purposes (Bull-leaping performances) Advanced water-supply and waste management systems The Processional Way or Royal Road Among the first processional roads in Europe
40 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos 6. First organized Navy in Europe Its naval supremacy secured Knossos the monopoly of commerce in the Aegean Sea and, arguably, control of the Cycladic Islands first colonies in Europe Securing a peaceful and secure (piratefree) trading environment in the Aegean Sea (Thalassocracy - Pax Minoica) - Intercultural dialogue
41 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos 7. European symbolism Iconography: Imagery of the bull (symbol of fertility and power), the tree of life, the dolphin and the dove (linked to the Epiphany of the fertility goddess) have exerted a significant and lasting influence on European art, literature and thought The Legend of Minos, the First King of Knossos First European Supreme Legislator and, according to myth, among the three Ultimate Judges in the Underworld (Hades) Today, a copy of the Throne of Minos found in the Minoan Palace of Knossos is held at the International Court of Justice which is in Europe, at the Hague.
42 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos Legends: King Minos, The Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, Theseus and Ariadne The Abduction of Europa by Zeus THE MYTH THE EU HAS CHOSEN AS ITS SYMBOL Depicted today in many European cities, as well as on Europe s common currency, the Euro, reproduced on European postage stamps and depicted in a painting and modern sculpture at the seat of the European Parliament
43 European Significance of the Minoan Palace of Knossos Depictions of the Myth of Europe then and now Mosaic depicting the myth of the Abduction of Europa by Zeus Hellenistic Era 2 Euro coin depicting the myth of the Abduction of Europa by Zeus Today
44 Commemorative Euro coin depicting Europa holding a pen over the Constitution of Europe
45 Europa being abducted by Zeus in the guise of a bull, from a redfigure crater, early 5 th century BC, Archaeological Museum, Tarquinia
46 The Abduction of Europa Boucher, XVIII century, Louvre Museum, Paris, France Maquette of the Sculpture depicting the Abduction of Europa, at the entrance to the European Parliament Rembrandt, The Abduction of Europa, 1632, Getty Museum
47 Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1936
48 THANK YOU Hellenic Ministry of Culture
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