Main Building at Pylos

Code name (Unique Key)

Loc15

Site

Pylos

Area

Palace at Pylos

Building

Main Building at Pylos

General type of building

Elite building

General functions of the building

Other

General description of the location

Main Building of the Palace with multiple functions.

Media legend and metadata

Plan of the Palace of Nestor.

Linked resources

  • Spa335

    Outer room of the propylon of the Main Building....

  • Str253

  • Spa356

    Room 2 (inner room) of the Propylon...

  • Str997

    Inner room (Room 2) of the Propylon...

  • Spa357

    Megaron porch with two columns in-antis...

  • Spa358

    Vestibule of Megaron...

  • Spa359

    Throne Room of the Megaron...

  • Spa360

    Open Court before the Porch of the Megaron...

  • Str998

  • Str999

  • Str1000

  • Str1001

    Stone base; impression of wooden column in surrounding plaster floor....

  • Str1002

    Stone base; impression of wooden column in surrounding plaster floor....

  • Str1003

    Stone base; impression of wooden column in surrounding plaster floor....

  • Spa363

    Entrance into the Main Building with a stone base for a pier in-antis....

  • Str1004

  • Spa364

    Portico flanking the open court before the megaron....

  • Str1005

    Stoa or portico with a two-column colonnade...

  • Str1006

    Masonry consists of rubble, ashlar block fragments, and a heavy mortar. See...

  • Spa365

    Storeroom with evidence of a vertical timber masonry system....

  • Str1007

    Masonry consists of rubble, ashlar block fragments, and a heavy mortar....

  • Str1008

    Masonry consists of rubble, ashlar block fragments, and a heavy mortar....

  • Str1009

    Masonry consists of rubble, ashlar block fragments, and a heavy mortar....

  • Str1010

    Masonry consists of rubble, ashlar block fragements, and a heavy mortar....

  • Spa366

    Original excavators posit that the room served as a "waiting room."...