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Tiryns

            Citadel entrance consisting of a corbelled tunnel through the wall, 17 meters thick at this point. (The true arch had not been invented yet)

Tiryns was a Mycenaean hill fort/palace — the location from which the mythical hero Heracles performed his Twelve Labours. It reached its height of importance between 1400 and 1200 BCE, when it was one of the most important centers of the Mycenaean world. In 1300 BCE the citadel and lower town had a population of 10,000 people covering 20–25 hectares. The fort was destroyed in 1200 BCE. The Cyclopean walls gave the city its Homeric epithet of "mighty-walled Tiryns."  (Mycenaean civilization fell and was followed by the Greek Dark Ages. Later and humbler peoples couldn’t imagine that mere humans had moved such huge building stones, and therefore decided that the walls must have been built by a giant Cyclops -- hence “Cyclopean.”)  Their height in some portions of the ruins reaches 7 meters, slightly below the original height, which is estimated at 9–10 m. The walls range from 6 to 17 meters thick.

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Taken in: Greece / Peloponnese / Nafplio / Tiryns (show map)

Taken on: March 27, 2023

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gate

entrance

Mycenaean

citadel

ruins

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Sets appears in: • Greece 2023

Camera: Fujifilm X-T4, f/4.5, 1/85 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm X-T4
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.012 sec (1/85)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	darktable 4.0.0
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