Knossos

And so here we were finally at Knossos and, 4000 years ago, at the centre of European civilisation. This site, the largest of many palaces across Crete was first built around 1750BC on top of many previous centuries of habitat. It's an extensive site and more like Pompei in the extent of the structures that remain, but as a single palace site doesn't have the same more ordinary homes. This is a single massive structure to house the royalty and administration.