Vathipetro
 | This palace is a large building, some parts of it with two stories. It consists of walls filled with colourful plaster but no frescoes were found. Built around 1.600 BC and destroyed around 1550 BC and then it was deserted. Later only a part of it was reconstructed.
It has a central court, a hall supported by four quadrangular pillars and a magazine with sixteen earthenware jars and a sanctuary. An oil press and a wine press were found in the palace, findings that led to the conclusion that the Minoans were familiar with the cultivation of olives and grapes from the early days. |
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