UN NUOVO «PROPYLON» AD HAGHIA TRIADA E GLI SPAZI RECINTATI NELLA CRETA NEOPALAZIALE

Abstract

The soundings made during cleaning operations at Ayia Triada in 2006 have allowed a better understanding of the complex that delimits the northern border of Piazzale Inferiore 10 of the Villa. The court tourned out to be delimited by a precinct wall (not only a retaining wall, as supposed until now), entered by a gateway accessed by a ramp. The foundations of this gateway had already been drawn by Stefani, but not recognized as such. It seems to constitute a true «Propylon», rectangular in plan, of which a reconstruction is proposed after a thorough examination of the archaeological and iconographical comparanda.