The minoan palace of knossos Associated with the legend of King Minos, its importance, its appearance and its size have made it a remarkable and inescapable place of the civilizations of archaic Europe. It receives half a million visitors annually.
According to tradition, when King Minos arrived in Crete he divided it into three zones and founded three cities: Knossos, Festo and Cidonia. At Knossos was the famous Labyrinth of Crete, which had been made by Daedalus to enclose the Minotaur. According to Strabo, the former name of Knossos had been Cerato, like that of the river that passed by him. Homer mentions Knossos as the place where Minos reigned