Archaeological Site of Praisos

On the northwest bank of the 1st Acropolis of ancient Praisos we find the ruins of a public building from the Hellenistic period (most probably from the 3rd century B.C.); a structure built with stone squares and divided into many sections.

Bosanquet assumed that the building may have been a guesthouse or a cemetery, like those referred to by Dosiadis in his description of Cretan soup kitchens.

The British began their excavations at the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century.

Then, many years later, the University of Cardiff, under the auspices of the British School of Athens, began excavating beneath the Memorial Monument ('Ανδρείον') again.

The findings of the new excavation seem to show that this newly discovered space is the Memorial Monument and not a private residence. Also, there are no traces of the city's destruction.

Translated and edited by: Yallou