The most famous Cyclopean acropolis are three : Mycenae, Tirintha, Arni in Biotia and Tirintha is the most impressive as a fortification handiwork, given directly to the visitor of the perfecture.
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Palace of Tirintha and altar. The main entrance is located at the east side. Built on a low hill with dimensions 26 m high, 280 m long and 80 m wide, doesn't impose itself on the flat land with its natural greatness. |
| It dominates with the power of its
supernatural walls. Cyclopean their look and technique :
irregular stones, 31,5 m the bigger one - weighting 13
tons. Smaller ones come in between giving a total length
of the surrounding walls which comes up to 700 m. To the main gate of the palace comes someone passing through three other butresses and a first yard. Floors decorated and walls with frescos representing hunting and women's parade. The acropolis end up north with an extension o the walls in an elliptical way, where other secondary buildings are located - maybe for the army - maybe for the citizens living outside the walls. |
