Events Tagged: "palace"

Minoan wine culture at peak - elaborate wine vessels, palace wine storage, ritual wine drinking at Knossos

Destruction of Mycenaean palaces - major centers burned and abandoned, writing system lost

Sennacherib becomes king - moves capital to Nineveh, builds 'Palace without Rival'

Persepolis construction continues - magnificent ceremonial capital of Persian Empire

Palace complex at Aachen begun - modeled on Ravenna, octagonal chapel, becomes Charlemagne's favorite residence