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GREECE PELOPONNESE MESSINIA ENGLIANOS PALACE

2025-01-10

Nestor's palace Nestor's palace

Above left: A clay pipe in the wall of the bathroom. - Above right and below left: Magazines with a large number of pithoi sunk into the earth were for the storage of oils and wine, delivered to the royal palace as a tribute. Clearly the palace played an eminent economic role, mainly that of a redistributor of agricultural products. - Below right: This was documented on innumerable clay tablets found in the palace, now on display in the museum of Chora.

Nestor's palace and Linear B tablet
Nestor's palace

Above: The Northeast part of the building complex. - Above right and below: The heavily damaged Southwest building is the oldest part of the palace that is now visible.

Nestor's palace