page_title: Myrtos Pyrgos
section_title: Myrtos Pyrgos Country House
hierarchical_section_title: Myrtos Pyrgos / Archaeology / Myrtos Pyrgos Country House
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ausgrabungsstätte von Pyrgos bei Myrtos, Kreta, Griechenland
context_page_description: Pyrgos is an archaeological site of the Minoan civilization near Myrtos in the municipality of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete. Pyrgos provides evidence of settlements along the southern Ierapetra Isthmus. This site has had a long history due to its valuable location and geography. It is located close to the Myrtos valley and has a harbor with a nearby mountain range providing its protection. The settlement includes a courtyard, many rooms, a country house, and a tomb.
context_section_description: The country house was built in the Late Minoan Period and was built atop of a hill. Historians theorize the house was built to overlook all of the agriculture and be a building that rules the site. The building had in total 9 rooms. Three of the rooms are thought to be basements for the rooms above. The house is also thought to be three stories tall. Another three of the rooms are thought to be entrances meanwhile the other rooms may have been store rooms. In the artifacts historians found, there is evidence that suggests a shrine being located in the house.
caption: Country House
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