{"id":2502,"date":"2025-08-16T13:50:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.hh.gr\/?post_type=destination&#038;p=2502"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:12:41","slug":"knossos","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/destinations\/knossos\/","title":{"rendered":"Knossos: At the palace of King Minos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n \n\n\t\n\t\n<section class=\"section PageHeader__body LeftAlign destination withImage withButtons\">\n\t<div class=\"bgdImage withButtons\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6.jpg');\">\n\t\t<div class=\"Card    \"  \n  \t\t\t >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Card__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:100%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6.jpg\" alt=\"Knossos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btnZoom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__dest Button Button--icon-only Button--alt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6-1536x864.jpg\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6-1536x864.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNOSSOS-6.jpg 1536w\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" data-sub-html=\"Knossos\" aria-label=\"View all Images\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon Button__icon--right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon   SvgIcon--custom \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"   style=\"--svg-height: 24px; 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However, its heyday was in the Minoan period (2000-1350 BC), with the first palace erected around 2000-1900 BC. After its destruction by an earthquake in 1700 BC, the resourceful Minoans raised an even grander palace in its place , the largest in Crete.<\/p>\n<p>Occupying an area of 22,000m\u00b2, surrounded by olive trees, vineyards and cypresses, the multi-storey palace looks like an actual town. 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His interventions were considered controversial by many, but it is most likely that without them we would not all be considering the red columns as the trademark of Minoan Knossos. An integral part of the monument and its history, they contribute to the irresistible fascination that Knossos has been exerting on visitors throughout history, helping them reconstruct in their imagination life in the lavish Minoan palaces at the time of their greatest glory.<\/p>\n<p>The palace of Knossos served as an administrative, economic, and religious center, designed to meet the diverse needs and functions of a stratified society. 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