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Festos - Propylon

The staircase and the Propylon, Festos
The staircase and the Propylon, Festos
This large covered porch, at the top of the Grand Staircase, was the entrance (propylon) to the palace proper. Its roof was supported by a single enormous column (1.3m in diameter), behind which were a pair of double doors that opened onto an anteroom and a colonnaded lightwell.
 

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The Propylon and the Lightwell, Festos
The Propylon and the Lightwell, Festos
The staircase and the Propylon, Festos
The staircase and the Propylon, Festos
The staircase and the Propylon, Festos
The staircase and the Propylon, Festos
 
Visit the area of the sight: Festos