Monastiraki
In Monastiraki, on Crete’s plain of Amari west of the Ida massif, an ancient Minoan town once stood on a strategically dominant site above the Amari Valley. The settlement lay about 38 kilometres from Rethymnon, controlling a corridor that linked the south coast with west of Phaistos and then to the north coast at Rethymno. Monastiraki likely belonged to the Middle Minoan Old Palace period, and it was destroyed when the old palaces fell—yet it was not later rebuilt on top, which is why it remains one of the island’s best Middle Minoan archaeological examples. Archaeology here began during World War II, when a German Archaeological Institute team excavated parts of the site. Excavations resumed in 1980 under the University of Crete, with three areas eventually opened, and the main excavation supervised by Greek archaeologist Athanasia Kanda. …
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