She notes that although other settlements on Crete around this time built palaces of their own, none was as large as Knossos. Lesley Fitton in her book “Minoans” (British Museum Press, 2002). When the palace was first constructed “it must have been a remarkable sight, quite unlike anything seen on Crete before,” writes J.
Crete was hit with a catastrophe (of some form) around 1450 B.C., with sites being destroyed across the island and a people called the Mycenaeans occupied Knossos until the palace itself was destroyed, probably sometime before 1300 B.C. This first palace was damaged (likely by earthquakes) and around 1700 B.C. although there may have been structures predating it. Construction of the palace appears to have begun around 1950 B.C. The chronology of the palace is a matter of scholarly debate. The Palace of Knossos (Knosós) is near the modern-day city of Heraklion (Irákleion) on the island of Crete. The site came to prominence in the early 20th century when it was excavated and restored by a team led by British archaeologist Arthur Evans. The Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete.īuilt by a civilization that we call the Minoans, it covers about 150,000 square feet (14,000 square meters) of space, the size of more than two American football fields, and was surrounded by a town in antiquity. Tr The north entrance of the Palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete.
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