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 Gournia  85 pictures
 3.35 minutes HQ video Gournia is a rare example of a Minoan town, which grew up around a small palace visible in the center of the residential area, A grid of paved roads crisscrossed the town. Gournia is the best preserved Minoan town in Crete. A mini palace marks its center, surrounded by a labyrinth of narrow, stepped streets and one-room dwellings. The site was inhabited as early as the 3rd century B.C., though what remains dates from the second palace period, around 1700 B.C. A fire, caused by seismic activity in around 1450 B.C., destroyed the settlement at Gournia. The Site  Road B Road C  Residential Area Central Courtyard Palace Mycenaean Shrine Road A  Back to Crete Index
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