Vergina - Palace

 
From the east end of the palace at Vergina, which is rectangular in plan, an entrance corridor 10m/33ft wide leads into a large central courtyard, 44.8m/147ft square, surrounded by four colonnades of 16 columns each, off which the various rooms of the palace open. A circular room on the left, beyond the entrance corridor, was probably a heroon for the cult of ancestors.

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Royal Chamber Tomb
At a subsidiary entrance on the south side are two rooms with mosaic pavements, probably used for the reception of guests. At the west end are large banqueting rooms, on the north side a hall 104m/341ft long. The living quarters were no doubt on the upper floor, of which no trace remains.

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