Gla

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For the acronym, see GLA.

Gla was a fortified site of the Mycenaean civilization, located in Northern Greece in the region known as Beoetia. It was built on a piece of limestone sticking out of lake Kopais, near Orchomenos. It is surrounded by large walls an appears to have had a garrison. Much of the area within the walls is vacant, leading archaeologists to believe it served as a refuge for the farmers in the area of Lake Kopais in the event of attack.

It is thought that Gla served as the "bread basket" for the Mycenaean world. The lake around the citadel was drained in antiquity and would therefore would have made for very fertile farming land. On the Southern end of the citadel, two long narrow buildings were discovered which likely served as the grain storage and distribution centers for the citadel and its surrounding area. In one of these buildings was a room containing stacks of grain that had been carbonized when the site was destroyed by fire around the year 1200 B.C.