Fortification of Mycenaean acropolis of Gla

On a low limestone outcrop rising from the drained Copaic plain in Boeotia stand the massive fortification walls of Gla, a Mycenaean acropolis of extraordinary scale, more than ten times larger than contemporary Athens or Tiryns. Its circuit of walls is the site's defining feature, enclosing a space far beyond the needs of a typical citadel. Excavations in the eastern wing of the peribolos during the 1980s and 1990s revealed structures within, while survey work across the surrounding polder has traced how this fortress related to the plain it overlooked.