Zákros (English spelling)

Japanese: ザクロス（英語表記）Zákros

The remains of a palace from the Minoan civilization on the east coast of Crete. Also known as Káto Zákro. Built around 1700 BC, at the beginning of the New Palace period, it was destroyed by fire around 1450 BC. It is smaller in size than other palaces on Crete, but is similarly a collection of many rooms surrounding a central courtyard, with the main part divided into an east wing and a west wing. Facing the courtyard, the west wing was occupied by a large room called the Ceremonial Hall and a Feasting Hall, the floor of which was inlaid with red clay. Behind these are smaller rooms such as a chapel and a sacred treasury.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

クレタ島東岸にあるミノス文明時代の宮殿址。カト･ザクロKáto Zákroともいう。新宮殿時代の初め，前1700年ころに建てられ，前1450年ころ火災によって滅んだ。規模はクレタ島の他の宮殿より小さいが，同じように中央中庭を取り囲む多くの部屋の集合体で，主要部は東翼と西翼とに分けられる。西翼は中庭に面して儀式の間，饗宴の間とよばれる広い部屋などが占め，儀式の間の床には赤色粘土がはめこまれていた。これらの背後に礼拝堂，神宝庫などの小室が続く。

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