Tiryns
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Tiryns is a Mycenaean archaeological site in Argolis in the Peloponnese, and the location from which the mythical hero Heracles was said to have performed his Twelve Labours. It lies 20 km (12 mi) south of Mycenae.
General view of the Citadel of Tiryns, with Cyclopean masonry
Plan of Tiryns excavations.
Masonry tunnel
Fresco with a representation of a wild boar hunt. From the later Tiryns palace.
Megaron
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The megaron was the great hall in very early Mycenean and ancient Greek palace complexes. Architecturally, it was a rectangular hall that was surrounded by four columns, fronted by an open, two-columned portico, and had a central, open hearth that vented though an oculus in the roof.
Foundation of the megaron complex at Mycenae, view from the main hall (circular hearth visible in foreground) through the anteroom and porch
Throne room of a megaron in Knossos, Greece