A LATE MINOAN III PROPYLON AT HAGHIA TRIADA

Abstract

A survey of the area around the Stoàdell’Agorà at HaghiaTriada has identified an H-shaped Propylon. Built in LM IIIA against the northern wall of the Bastione, the structure was located at the entrance of the large Piazzaledell’Agorà. The Propylon has no good comparison in Minoan architecture; instead it has many similarities with the propylaia known in the Mycenaean palatial sites of Mainland Greece. The presence of a propylon (the only one known up to now in Crete) confirms the importance of HaghiaTriada in LM IIIA-B. Moreover, it enlarges our knowledge of the LM IIIA-B architecture and its relationship with the contemporary architecture of Mainland Greece.