Back Ano Englianos ALS Нестор һарайы Bashkir Nestorův palác Czech Palast des Nestor German Ανάκτορο του Νέστορα Greek Palacio de Néstor Spanish Nestorin palatsi Finnish Palais de Nestor French Istana Nestor ID Palazzo di Nestore Italian
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The Palace of Nestor (Modern Greek: Ανάκτορο του Νέστορα) was an important centre in Mycenaean times, and described in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad as Nestor's kingdom of "sandy Pylos".[1]
The palace featured in the story of the Trojan War, as Homer tells us that Telemachus:
went to Pylos and to Nestor, the shepherd of the people, and he received me in his lofty house and gave me kindly welcome, as a father might his own son who after a long time had newly come from afar: even so kindly he tended me with his glorious sons.[2]
The site is the best preserved Mycenaean Greek palace discovered. The palace is the primary structure within a larger Late Helladic era settlement, once probably surrounded by a fortified wall. The palace was a two-storey building with store rooms, workshops, baths, light wells, reception rooms and a sewage system.
The settlement had been long occupied with most artifacts discovered dating from 1300 BC. The palace complex was destroyed by fire around 1250 BC.
In June 2016, the site re-opened to the public after the roof was replaced by a modern structure with raised walkways for visitors.[3][4][5]
- ^ Hom. Il. 2.76
- ^ Homer, Odyssey XVII 108-112
- ^ www.archaiologia.gr Archived 2013-07-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Athens Macedonian News Agency Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Palace of Nestor in the Peloponnese Reopens After Three Years of Restoration". Greek Reporter. Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2016-07-12.