GREECE CRETE LASITHI VASILIKE

Most fascinatong in Vasilike are the labyrinthic rooms and corridors of the "Red House", where impressive walls still stand to a height of some 2 m. The lower part of these walls is made of limestone fieldstones, packed in a mortar of mud with remains of red-painted lime plaster in several places. Upper walls were built entirely of less durable mudbrick.

Above: Rooms and the south corridor of the "Red House". As support of the walls and ceilings a framework of squared timbers was sunk into the plastered walls (above right). - Below: More views of the "Red House".

Below right: On the north side of the "West House" a paved courtyard was built in the Early Minoan IIB2 period.