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Autumn view of Kommos beach in south Crete. A beautiful composition of clouds, mountains, sea and sand.
View from a hill near Kommos in the south of Crete. On the right side of the horizon you can see the two inhabited islands Paximadia, on the left side you can recognise a hint of the island Gavdos, the most southern part of Europe.
The point of view is approxiamtely the same as the one of the two persons on this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/145003604@N02/34357971492/in/album-...
Phaistos oder auch Phaestos ist der Name einer bronzezeitlichen minoischen Siedlung auf der griechischen Insel Kreta. Sie lag in der Nähe der Südküste des zentralen Teils der Insel, auf einem Höhenrücken über der fruchtbaren Messara-Ebene. Die in der heutigen Präfektur Iraklio gelegenen Ruinen des Palastes von Phaistos bildeten auf einer Fläche von 8.400 m² einst den zweitgrößten minoischen Palast Kretas nach Knossos. In der altägyptischen Ortsnamenliste im Tempel des Amenophis III. ist der Ort mit dem neuägyptischen Namen b3-y-š3-tj (=bajšata/bajstija) bezeugt, in mykenischem Griechisch der Linearschrift B wurde er pa-i-to genannt.
In einer Entfernung von etwa zwei Kilometern nordwestlich von Phaistos bestand auf einem Nachbarhügel eine weitere, kleinere minoische Palastanlage. Diese wurde nach einer naheliegenden byzantinischen Kirche Agia Triada benannt, da der minoische Name nicht überliefert ist. Beide Paläste waren durch einen gepflasterten Pfad miteinander verbunden. Der antike Hafen der Siedlung, Kommos, befand sich etwa sechs Kilometer südwestlich des Palastes von Phaistos am Libyschen Meer, nördlich des heutigen Matala. Sowohl an den Palästen als auch den Hafenanlagen wurden seit dem Jahre 1900 teilweise Ausgrabungen durchgeführt.
Phaistos or Phaestos is the name of a Bronze Age Minoan settlement on the Greek island of Crete. It was located near the south coast of the central part of the island, on a ridge above the fertile Messara plain. The ruins of the Palace of Phaistos, located in what is now the Prefecture of Iraklio, once formed the second largest Minoan palace on Crete after Knossos, covering an area of 8,400 m². In the ancient Egyptian list of place names in the temple of Amenophis III the place with the new Egyptian name b3-y-š3-tj (=bajšata/bajstija) is attested, in Mycenaean Greek of the linear script B it was called pa-i-to.
At a distance of about two kilometers northwest of Phaistos there was another, smaller Minoan palace complex on a neighboring hill. It was named after a nearby Byzantine church Agia Triada, as the Minoan name has not been preserved. Both palaces were connected by a paved path. The ancient port of the settlement, Kommos, was located about six kilometers southwest of the palace of Phaistos on the Libyan Sea, north of today's Matala. Partial excavations have been carried out on both the palaces and the port facilities since 1900.
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"Il y a une certaine magie à tomber sur une plage qui semble encore sauvage, où l’horizon s’étire large et ininterrompu par des rangées de transats encadrés. Ici, le sable doré fond dans la mer, et la seule bande-son est le lavage rythmique des vagues et le cri occasionnel des oiseaux marins. C'est le genre d'endroit qui invite à expirer, ralentir, et simplement être."
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The Palace of Phaistos with its superb architectural composition and its almost perfect construction, is considered to be the finest and most typical of all Minoan palaces. The ruins of the old and new palace are preserved today, the former having been protected under a shed. The nucleus of the new palace is a central peristyle court around which the rooms are arranged: the storerooms and shrines on the west side, the royal quarters on the north and the workshops on the east. To the west of the storerooms is the "theatral area" with the "processional ways" and, in the lower strata, the granaries of the Old Palace period (first palace). The West Propylon, the monumental entrance to the palace is the most impressive known structure of its kind. The finds from the palace are now exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion.
The Palace of Phaistos with its superb architectural composition and its almost perfect construction, is considered to be the finest and most typical of all Minoan palaces. The ruins of the old and new palace are preserved today, the former having been protected under a shed. The nucleus of the new palace is a central peristyle court around which the rooms are arranged: the storerooms and shrines on the west side, the royal quarters on the north and the workshops on the east. To the west of the storerooms is the "theatral area" with the "processional ways" and, in the lower strata, the granaries of the Old Palace period (first palace). The West Propylon, the monumental entrance to the palace is the most impressive known structure of its kind. The finds from the palace are now exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion.