Peak sanctuaries

As a Peak Sanctuary is called a Minoan open place of worship on a mountain. There is usually the peak sanctuary only from an enclosure and an ash altar in the center, in which the victim and Votive were laid down. Peak sanctuaries were particularly used in the early palace period.

Examples

• Anemospilia at Archanes
• Atsipadhes Korakias
• Karphi in the Lasithi Plateau
• Petsophas