Magasa
Magasa may refer to places in: ;Greece * Magasa, Crete, a neolithic settlement ;Italy * Magasa, Lombardy Magasa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy. Historical and cultural profile In position on the plateau of Denai, in the Valley of Vestino, inland of Lake of Garda, rises the small village of Magasa, ..., a ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia {{geodis ...
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Magasa, Crete
Magasa ( el, Μαγκασά) is a Neolithic settlement on the eastern part of the island of Crete in present-day Greece. Magasa is notable as a Neolithic Cretan settlement for some use of large room sizes in its multi-roomed residences. The ben-and-but style of housing design with some use of mud-dried brick has been noted as similar to that found in Neolithic Knossos.C.M.Hogan, 2007 See also *Lato *Kydonia Kydonia or Cydonia (; grc, Κυδωνία; lat, Cydonia) was an ancient city-state on the northwest coast of the island of Crete. It is at the site of the modern-day Greek city of Chania. In legend Cydonia was founded by King Cydon (), a son ... References Sources * British School at Athens, British School at Athens Managing Committee (1894) ''The Annual of the British School at Athens'', Macmillan Publishers * C. Michael Hogan''Knossos fieldnotes'', Modern Antiquarian (2007)* Arnold Walter Lawrence and Richard Allan Tomlinson (1996) ''Greek Architecture'', Yale ...
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