Achladia

Achladia is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan villa on eastern Crete [1]. The ancient Minoan excavation site is 3 kilometers northeast of the Achladia village, south of Sitia [1]. Achladia was first excavated in 1939 by Nicolas Platon [1]. He conducted subsequent excavations here in 1952 and 1959 [1]. The site is a large building with an area of 270 square meters referred to as House A and a smaller building nearby called House B. Two other Minoan buildings were also found nearby, but were only partially excavated [1]. House A overlooks the entire bay of Siteia [1]. House A consists of 12 excavated ground-floor rooms, and there is no evidence of an upper floor [1]. Evidence indicates that the Achladia buildings were destroyed in a violent earthquake [1].