GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS MYCENAE ACROPOLIS

the Palace

The royal palace of Mycenae is a complex of several rooms. Wall-paintings and various objects have been recovered from there, but the visitor today only sees the fundaments. Most important was the megaron, a frescoed room measuring 13.00 x 11.50 m with central hearth, which had a cultic significance in Mycenaean times. Three bases are seen of the originally four wooden pillars supporting the roof. - Above right: The propylon of the palace with ancient steps and bases of probably wooden columns. - Below left: View to the megaron. - Below right: The stone threshold with pivot-holes of the doorway leading to the megaron.

the Eastern Acropolis

Above and below: The heavily fortified Eastern part of the acropolis is a later extension of the 13th century BC. - Its most important building is the 'House of Columns' which ows its name to the existence of a collonade in its central courtyard. It was built in the second half of the 13th century BC and was destroyed by fire at the end of that century.

Above left: "House Gamma", of which only the basements are preserved today. It appears to have been used in the middle years of the 13th century BC. - Above right: In the Eastern Acropolis. - Below: The eastern part of the acropolis with the narrow Sally Port.