Knossos Palace Tour

Knossos, King Minos Apartments

The Upper Floor of the King's Megaron

We continue to the reconstructed upper floor of King Minos' Megaron in the East Wing of the Knossos Palace.

Knossos, King Minos Apartments

(View of the King’s Megaron from the south). King Minos’ apartments are also known as the Hall of the Double Axes, from the characteristic symbols on the walls. The room is particularly well-built, of stones without mortar.

The Megaron is comprised of the main room with “polythyra” (multiple doorways) and surrounding corridors providing light and air.

In the west corridor are the remains of an impressive throne, now protected by a glass partition. There were once frescoes on the walls, and some parts remain of the “Figure-of-Eight Shields”, the “Argonaut” and the “Bull”

Knossos map : King Minos' Apartments = No 11

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