partial view of the minoan palace of knossos with characteristic columns and a fresco of a bull behind. crete, greece

ancient antiquities antiquity archanes arhanes ariadne artistic behind bull bulls characteristic column columns cretan crete cultural fresco frescoes greece greek herakleio herakleion heraklio heraklion important iraklio iraklion island king knosos knossos labyrinth labyrinths minoan minos minotaur monument north palace palaces partial purple red ruin sight sights spectacular theseus touristic