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Bronze Age Architecture in Greece
c. 1500-1100 BCE

MYCENAEAN ARCHITECTURE

MYCENAE PYLOS TIRYNS


PYLOS



Plan of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos

    A: Entrance porch
    B: Courtyard
    C: Porch
    D: Ante-room of megaron
    E: Megaron or Throne-room (see reconstruction below)
    F: Portico
    G: Pantries, etc.
    H: Oil-store
    J: Other stores
    K: Bath-room
    L: Queen's Hall
    M: Courtyard
    N: Position of water-spout in courtyard (supplied by an aqueduct)
    P: Archives-room
    Q: West court
    R: Ante-rooms
    S: Pillared hall
    T: Workshops
    V: Wine-store
(from C. W. Blegen, The Palace of Nestor, I)



Pylos: reconstruction of the throne room
(drawing by Piet de Jong)

© Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe