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Crete
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Created 20 Jul 2010
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![Knossos, Greek ?????? pronounced [kno'sos]), also known as Labyrinth, or Knossos Palace, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace also includes the Minoan Column, a structure notably different from other Greek columns. Unlike the stone columns characteristic of other Greek architecture, the Minoan column was constructed from the trunk of a cypress tree, common to the Mediterranean. While most Greek columns are smaller at the top and wider at the bottom to create the illusion of greater height, the Minoan columns are smaller at the bottom and wider at the top, a result of inverting the cypress trunk to prevent sprouting once in place.[4] The columns at the Palace of Minos were painted red and mounted on stone bases with round, pillow-like capitals.](https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000D4.X2xviVxg/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000GGendH8yB.8/I0000D4.X2xviVxg.jpg)
