The Hellenistic Palace at Pella. New Observations and Reconstructions of <Building I>

ABSTRACT This study aimed to reinvestigate one of the main <building I> of the Hellenistic Palace at Pella. A new reconstruction was revealed through new observations of the ruins and detailed analysis of the surviving architectural components. As a result, not only have modifications been made to the previously considered restoration proposals, but it is now clear that the peristyle and north wing underwent at least two distinct construction phases, and that the process of reno. The <building I> was originally a Doric peristyle courtyard. It had a peristyle colonnade space with an even hierarchy overall, although it had a tholos in the north‐west and a vestibule and two androns in the north wing. In the later phase, the northern wing was largely altered. Three androns and their antechambers were arranged in three parallel rows, and in front of them was a double Ionic half‐column screen. The northern portico was extended by one space of the east–west colonnade of the east–west peristyle, and the remaining foundation was probably converted to the structure of the sculptures display. The tholos on the west side was divided into two apsidal excedrae, and these were placed symmetrically on both side of the north corridor.