Detail of wall of Palace House VIM: at the southern edge of the Troia VI citadel, when taking this picture I was over the great fortification wall, of which only the upper surface was exposed. However, on the south side it should be imagined as falling five meters below, like the (exposed) wall at the South Gate (almost at the start of this gallery). We see the inward-leaning wall of what is called House VIM, 27 meters long and supposedly a palace, with rooms of which the function is unknown. It dates from Troia VI, had a top floor which is now gone, storage vessels were found, its orientation is in line with that of other similar buildings, i.e. oriented towards the central point of the citadel, as part of a unified architectural plan which guaranteed streets of equal width ran between the houses. During the Troia VIIa-period the building remained in use. A notice explains how its walls have precisely cut stones that fit without gaps and mortar, Homer repeatedly lauded the “beautiful” walls of Troia/Ilios.