Phaistos
Sign in to savePhaistos (, ; Ancient Greek: , , Linear B: Pa-i-to; Linear A: Pa-i-to), also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete. It is notable for the remains of a Minoan palace and the surrounding town.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Phaistos
- Ancient site.native_name
- Pa-i-to
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Phaestus
- Ancient site.map
- 285px
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Map of Minoan Crete
- Ancient site.location
- Faistos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Ancient site.region
- The eastern point of a ridge overlooking Messara Plain to the east
- Ancient site.type
- Minoan palace and city
- Ancient site.area
- for the palace. The city extended a few km into the valley below.
- Ancient site.material
- Trimmed blocks of limestone and alabaster, mudbrick, rubble, wood
- Ancient site.built
- First settlement dates to about 3000 BCE. First palace dates to about 1850 BCE. New palace dates to around 1700 BCE
- Ancient site.epochs
- Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age
- Ancient site.cultures
- Minoan
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1894, 1900–1920, 1950–1966, 2000–2004, 2007–present
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Antonio Taramelli, Federico Halbherr, Luigi Pernier, Antonio Minto, Doro Levi, Vincenzo La Rosa, Fausto Longo
- Ancient site.condition
- Tamped soil, stone walkways, hand rails, lightly roofed areas
- Ancient site.management
- 23rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Bronze Age
- Classical and Roman era
- Contemporary period
- Palace
- Excavation
- In literature and myth
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Phaistos (, ; Ancient Greek: , , Linear B: Pa-i-to; Linear A: Pa-i-to), also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete. It is notable for the remains of a Minoan palace and the surrounding town.
Ancient Phaistos was located about east of the Mediterranean Sea and south of Heraklion. Phaistos was one of the largest cities of Minoan Crete. The name Phaistos survives from ancient Greek references to a city on Crete of that name at or near the current ruins.