View from the central court

View to the east. The large storage jars (Pithoi)

Three large pits, known as "kouloures" (rings), with stone-lined walls were built in the West Court during the Old Palace period (1900-1700B.C.)

The fresco of the procession, representing groups of men and women in processional array, carrying precious obcects. A fragment of the magnificent painting that decorated the walls of the "Processional Corridor" from the west Court to the Great Propylaeum of the palace at Knossos. - Neopalatial Period (1500 - 1450 BC) - Heraklion Museum

A roofed area opening onto the West Court. The east wall was decorated with a bull-leaping fresco. From here began the long "Corridor of the Procession".