Guide to the Dorian City of Lato, Crete, Greece

Cisterns and Water Storage

Water, or the shortage of it, was a continuous issue for Lato and it is widely suggested that this is one of the reasons why the city was ultimately abandoned. Not only is there the huge cistern in the centr of the Agora but many more smaller holes in the ground that suggest the remains of further domestic water trapping and storage abound at the site. Many of the dwellings have evidence of them and there are further ones out in the open where no building would appear to have exercised exclusive rights.

^ Remains of domestic water storage ^

^ Remains of deep hole outdoors ^

^ Remains of hillside cistern? ^

^ Remains of domestic water arrangements ^

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Main Gate | Steps | Terraces | Shops and Workshops | Portico / Stoa | Central Cistern | Sanctuary / Temple | Agora | Exedra | Prytaneion | Houses of the Prytaneion | Temple House | Great Temple | Altar | Theatral Area |

Walls / Ramparts | Cisterns | Surrounding Area | Miscellaneous

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