In Greek mythology, Knossos stood near the Minotaur’s Labyrinth.
Knossos was the principal city of Minoan Crete and the legendary seat of King Minos. Ancient stories place the Labyrinth in or near the city, linking the monster’s prison with the royal palace and the Cretan court. The myth does not provide an archaeological blueprint that can be matched confidently to a single surviving building.
The archaeological site at Knossos contains a large Bronze Age palace complex with many rooms, corridors, storage areas, and ceremonial spaces. Its complicated layout probably helped inspire later Greek ideas about a labyrinth, but scholars cannot demonstrate that the actual Minotaur story describes a specific palace room. The mythological Knossos and the archaeological site are therefore closely associated, but they are not identical kinds of evidence.