- The
Messara Plain or
simply Messara (Gr****: Μεσσαρά) is an
alluvial plain in
southern Crete,
stretching about 50 km west-to-east and 7 km north-to-south...
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Crete which borders the
Libyan Sea
includes the
Asterousia Mountains and
Mesara Plain; this area is the
locus of
considerable ancient Bronze Age settlement...
- well as a
large structure known as the
Royal Villa. It is
located in the
Mesara Plain near the
Palace of Phaistos, with
which it
appears to have had close...
- and May, but rare in the low-lying areas. The
south coast,
including the
Mesara Plain and
Asterousia Mountains,
falls in the
North African climatic zone...
- public, but is
visible from the beach.
Kommos is
located on the
coast of the
Mesara Plain, one of the
major po****tion
centers of the
Minoan civilization. It...
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between the
villages of
Loukia and
Koumasa near the
southern border of the
Mesara plain,
right at the
foothills of the Asterousia-Mountains. This
Minoan archaeological...
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ancient Minoan settlement in
southern Crete, Greece. It is
located in the
Mesara Plain along the
coast to the east of the
village of Lendas. The
Minoan settlement...
- (Gr****: Παξιμάδια, "rusks") are two
small uninhabited islands in the gulf of
Mesara located approximately 12 km (7 mi)
south of Agia
Galini in
Rethymno regional...
- Blitzer. (2004). The
Plain of Phaistos:
Cycles of
Social Complexity in the
Mesara Region of Crete. Los Angeles:
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Univ. of...
-
artists include Ömer
Faruk Atabek,
Sahin Inaloz,
Cahide Keskiner, Gülbün
Mesara, Nur
Nevin Akyazıcı,
Ahmet Yakupoğlu,
Nusret Çolpan,
Orhan Dağlı, and many...
