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Home | THEMES FROM GREECE | TRADITIONAL GREECE | Tourist Places in Greece | Heraklion Knossos Palace Tourist Place Athens 2004 Olympic Pin
03-050-009 Heraklion Knossos Palace Tourist Place Athens 2004 Olympic Pin
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Heraklion Knossos Palace Tourist Place Athens 2004 Olympic Pin

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Product: Olympic Pin

Pin code: #03-050-009

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SKU: 03-050-009 Category: Tourist Places in Greece Tags: Crete Island, Greek Cities, Greek Islands, Heraklion Town, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Crete, Monuments, Olympic Cities, Tourist Places
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Heraklion is the largest city and the administrativecapital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is one of the largest cities in Greece.

Heraklion is close to the ruins of the palace of Knossos, which in Minoan times was the largest centre of population on Crete. Though there is no archaeological evidence of it, Knossos may well have had a port at the site of Heraklion as early as 2000 BC.

Knossos, is the largest Bronze Agearchaeological site on Crete and is considered Europe’s oldest city.

The Knossos palace was undoubtedly the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. It appears as a maze of workrooms, living spaces, and storerooms close to a central square. An approximate graphic view of some aspects of Cretan life in the Bronze Age is provided by restorations of the palace’s indoor and outdoor murals, as it is also by the decorative motifs of the pottery and the insignia on the seals and sealings.

The Knossos palace was abandoned at some unknown time at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c. 1380–1100 BC. The occasion is not known for certain, but one of the many disasters that befell the palace is generally put forward. The abandoning population were probably Mycenaean Greeks, who had earlier occupied the city-state, and were using Linear B as its administrative script, as opposed to Linear A, the previous administrative script. The hill was never again a settlement or civic site, although squatters may have used it for a time.

The pin depicts the Knossos Palace in Heraklion
Product: Olympic Pin
Pin code: #03-050-009
Tiraz: <3.500pcs
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Licensed Manufacturer: Efsimon Collection

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