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Phaistos. Crete. Greece. View of the spacious Kings Megaron located in the Royal apartments in the north part of the Palace. Now under protective cover, the large Kings chamber consisted light wells, porticos and the floors were paved with gypsum slabs with red plaster filling the openings. The upper walls were decorated with frescoes. Minoan palatial city of Phaistos or Phaestos was the second most important Minoan palatial city in Crete after Knossos and is situated in central southern Crete in the Iraklio prefecture. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.

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Phaistos. Crete. Greece. View of the spacious Kings Megaron located in the Royal apartments in the north part of the Palace. Now under protective cover, the large Kings chamber consisted light wells, porticos and the floors were paved with gypsum slabs with red plaster filling the openings. The upper walls were decorated with frescoes. Minoan palatial city of Phaistos or Phaestos was the second most important Minoan palatial city in Crete after Knossos and is situated in central southern Crete in the Iraklio prefecture. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.