View of Gournia ruins
Item
File name
sackett_035 See all items with this value
Title
View of Gournia ruins See all items with this value
Description
This is a view of the Minoan town of Gournia, from above. The ruins indicate a city plan, and the viewpoint shows its location in a valley. Farmland is visible surrounding the archaeological site. See all items with this value
Place name
Gourniá (deserted settlement) See all items with this value
Subject
Archaeological Site
Landscape
Notes
Gournia is built on a slope above a harbor. The ruins and the reconstructed plans show that many houses share exterior walls which show the importance of a centeralized administraion in Minoan Crete. Gournia's palace is what dominates the town, and it is made of ashlar masonry. It may be visible near the center of the image.
Date photographed
July 1975
