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GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS TIRYNS ACROPOLIS

2024-12-14

round altar Tiryns Upper Citadel
Tiryns Upper Citadel Tiryns Upper Citadel
Tiryns Upper Citadel Tiryns Upper Citadel

Above and below: Remains of the "Rundbau", a circular building of the Early Bronze Age (2500-2000 BC) discovered beneath the ruins of the Upper Citadel.

Tiryns Rundbau Tiryns Rundbau

Below: Famous and very impressive are the corbelled-arch galleries and casemates built into the walls of Tiryns - one example of the wide variety of Mycenaean corbelled arches.

corbelled-arch galleries