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Agia Triada is a small Minoan archaeological site in the south of Crete, located near Timpaki, located on the western slope of the hill about 40 meters above sea level. To inquisitive tourists, the Christian name (Holy Trinity) of the Minoan position may seem at least strange, but this is only an expression of the ignorance of Italian archaeologists who were the first to discover this place. Not knowing what they found, they borrowed the name from a nearby abandoned village and gave it to excavations. The original name is still unknown. The first excavations were carried out at the beginning of the 19th century.
The Hagia Triada, as are sometimes called these ruins, is located a few kilometers from the famous palace of Phaistos , but unlike it, it is not that big or so old. The outdoor area is relatively small and only measures approximately 135 x 135 meters. The earliest traces of settlement in Agia Triada come from the end of the Neolithic period, the village grows over time and at the beginning of the Bronze Age there was already quite a large human place. Proof of this are the funeral rooms from this period and two graves, which according to the then customs were used for collective burials.
Widok ogólny na wykopaliska
Jedna z wielu dobrze zachowanych budowli
Widok na ciąg pomieszczeń
Wciąż wykorzystywane starożytne schody
Rynna kanalizacyjna
Dolna część wykopalisk domniemanego pałacu
Mury Agia Triada
Za wykopaliskami widoczny masyw gór Psiloriti
Jeden z wielu pitosów znajdujacych się na terenie wykopalisk
Agia Triada was also inhabited during the whole period of Mid-Merica (2000-1600 BC), unfortunately it is not known whether it played an important role then. Its importance grew only when around 1550 BC a so-called "royal villa" was created here. At the same time, at the time, the second palace in Fajstos was rebuilt on the ruins of the first one. The significance of the Villa was far smaller than its monumental neighbor, and in addition to the function it performed, many hypotheses arose. According to one of them, it was a summer residence for the prince of Phaistos or other high-ranking officials. Another version assumes that the villa belonged to an independent landowner. Apparently, this hypothesis is most likely.
It seems that the theory about the purpose of the villa as a summer residence for the ruler, does not find support in the findings themselves and the architectural layout of the ruins, which puts a big question mark about its destination.
Pozostałości odkrytych fresków
Wewnętrzne schody willi
Jedna z rynien znajdujacych się we wnętrzu willi
Prawdopodobnie rodzaj żarna
Pałac kryje w sobie wiele detali architektonicznych o nie zawsze znanym przeznaczeniu
Could it actually be the summer residence? A large number of warehouses in relation to the total size of the villa, finding a large number of plates with the script and seals suggest, rather, that the building was mainly used for storing and recording agricultural products such as wheat, barley, figs, wine and oil. This doubt also appears in other so-called palaces. The not very functional and not very ergonomic arrangement of rooms rather excluded the use of some of these buildings as the seat of the ruler. Perhaps, therefore, the name "palaces" that Evans gave such buildings is not accurate, which was also questioned from the very beginning by historians and archaeologists.
What turned out to be surprising for Italian archaeologists working at Agia Triada are very rich finds (artifacts). A-letter plates, clay stamps for securing documents, wall paintings, stone carved vases, ritons, a famous sarcophagus showing funeral rites, 29-kilo pieces of bronze used in commercial transactions. In the city itself located north of the villa, the remains of an ancient city sewer, shops, houses from different periods were discovered. Agia Triada was not a building on the scale of Knossos or Fajstos , but nevertheless had apartments, skylights, chapels, warehouses, staircases, porticos and courtyards.
W głębi zdjecia za kością słoniową widoczne są kawałki brązu oraz miedzi
Kamienny ryton zdobiony scenami ze żniwiarzami zwany również Wazą Żeńców
Kamienny ryton, czarka wodza zdobiona postaciami atletów
A very famous sarcophagus found in Agia Triada currently exhibited in the Archaeological Museum in Heraklion
The end of Agia Triada puts the same cataclysm which contributed to the collapse of the other Minoan centers in 1450 BC. The buildings were rebuilt only by the Mykene, putting Megaron, probably the seat of the Mycenaean ruler of the region and probably a sanctuary. However, these buildings were much smaller than those built by the Minoans.
In subsequent years, Agia Triada gets under the control of Venetians and Turks. The Turks contributed to the final destruction of the settlement in 1897, when they attacked the village and murdered all its inhabitants.
Agia Traida is located just 3 km from Fajstos so it is worth to use this neighborly location and combine sightseeing of both places, especially that combined tickets are offered, the cost of which is lower than for tickets purchased separately. When planning a tour you should keep in mind the short opening time of Agia Triada, because excavations can be visited only until 3 pm. A quiet and beautiful location among trees is an additional advantage, and for lovers of all kinds of excavations it may be tempting that Agia Triada is visited much less often than monumental neighbor in Fajstos. This is a guarantee that we will not encounter organized tours.
At the end, take a look at the Byzantine church of Agios Georgios located on a nearby hill. It comes from the Venetian period and was built in 1302. Inside the church there are pretty well preserved frescoes from the fourteenth century.
Coming from Heraklion , in the western part of the beltway, take the road number 97 leading towards the village of Agia Deka. When you reach this town, turn west and follow the roads around the town of Timbaki. Excavations are located a short distance from the excavations in Gortyn.
If your hotel is located in the western part of Crete, a better way of getting there will be the exit from the New National Road at the height of the city of Rethymnon . Wake up from the central exit of the beltway of this city, follow the national road number 97 leading towards Spili and Timabki. Guideposts for excavations should be looked at at the height of the village of Vori, located about 4.5 kilometers east of Timbaki.
You can leave your car in the parking lot located just off the road. On the excavation area you come down a fairly steep concrete stairs. The cost of tickets is 4 €.
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