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From Navarino Bay Suzy climbed her way up a long and winding road. We had not planned to visit Nestas Palace at home but as time was not tight and we were trying to fill it in it seemed a good idea to detour and visit the little visited Myceanean complex.
It was out of the way a little but somehow when you have time on your hands it makes sense to use it wisely and see something interesting. We are getting into the habit of rising later but even after eating breakfast , paying our bills we were still on the empty car park in the middle of nowhere at early o'clock. The car park was as always dusty. Suzy is looking dusty too and in need of a good wash, polish and spruce up. Something that will get done once we return home.
The palace is also known as Ano Englianos named after the hill it stands on. It was discovered in 1939. Probably a good time to be discovered as World War II intervened and no excavation took place . By the time the war had ended archaelogy had changed and improved. Archaelogists using the new
techniques did less damage to the structure. It is far better preserved than Myceanae which we visited ..................well some time ago.
We paid our entrance fee and entered the realms of peaceful King Nesta. He was written about by Homer in his Odyssey. The palace is large with a well dug out groundwork which shows in detail the many rooms of the complex. To enable vistors to see the complex without damaging it a huge tin sheeted roof has been erected to protect the site . All through the complex are stairways and walkways in the air above the ruins . We were able to walk around without our feet touching the ground. We could lean over and peruse the 45 rooms with ease.
Around the complex was the Megaron - the highly decorated throne room . Well it would have once been highly decorated. What we see now is a floor space with large centre circle where the king would entertain his visitors. An open hearth in the middle for warmth. The frescoes are now in the small museum in the next village . We really should have given up another few hours and gone to see
them. All around the complex are smaller rooms , some warehouses and storerooms. Some with pots still in situ. The highlight a bathroom complete with terracotta bath tub and tubs ready to be filled with sweet aromatic herbs and highly fragranced oils. The Queens quarters were next door to the bath tub.
As we walked round we marvelled at such a lovely place . Through the corner of our eyes we spied the guard who had followed us and was standing discretly just out of view watching our every move. He never lost sight of us all through our visit and stuck with us like glue. The only time we lost him was just as we left to head back to Suzy for the drive back down the lonely roads to our next stop.
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