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Phaistos
Phaistos, or more correctly the Minoan Palace of Phaistos, situated in south-central Crete, Messara plain, 55 km south of Heraklion and close to the archaeological site of Agia Triada, the archaeological site Gortyn and Matala .
Phaistos is the most important archaeological sites in Crete, and receives thousands of visitors every year.
The Minoan palace of Phaistos represents a thriving city, not random, developed in the fertile plain of Messara in prehistoric times, ie from 6,000 BC around until the first BC century, as confirmed by archaeological finds.
