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Crete Knossos & Knossos Museum
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The Minoan Palace of Knossos lies at a distance of 5 km from the town centre of Iraklion along the road to Archanes. The imposing Palace is built on the hill of "Kefala" next to the river "Kairatos", in a site which was admired for its natural advantages, the strong position, good water supplies, access to the sea and proximity to a large fertile forest. The forest that produced the "Cephalonian Pine" a tree that supplied the beams and the columns for the construction of the Palace.
The site itself includes the Palace of Knossos, The Minoan Houses, the "Little Palace", the "Royal Villa", the villa "Dionysos" with famous Roman mosaics, the south Royal Temple - Tomb and the "Caravanserai". The Palace and the Minoan houses are open for visits to the public.
It is well known that the area lies on a great seismic site. The Palace had been destroyed time after time and always emerged from its ruins more magnificent than before until the last time that there was no recovery.

Knossos Museum:
All artifacts found at the Knossos site have been kept at this museum. Some artifacts date to 7000 BC. You get a good idea of what it was actually like from jewelry to jars to figurines to weapons to artwork. Most of the frescos were removed from the site and these are in the museum.