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Gournia

Ierapetra Municipality, Greece

Gournia is the site of a Minoan palace complex in the Lasithi regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. Its modern name originated from the many stone troughs that are at the site and its original name for the site is unknown. It was first permanently inhabited during the Early Minoan II periods (approximately between 2650 and 2100 B.C.E) and was occupied until the Late Minoan I period (approximately between 1700 and 1470 B.C.E). Gournia is in a 6-mile cluster of with other Minoan archeological sites which includes Pachyammos, Vasiliki, Monasteraki, Vraika and Kavusi. The site of Pseira is close but slightly outside the cluster.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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