Archaeological Sites

Archaeological Sites

Glarentza

  Ancient city of Elis, Elis seaport from which it is 20 stadia (25 km). It was built by Arcadians settlers coming from Arcadia namely Mount Kyllini. The ancients believed…

Archaeological Sites

Archaeological Site of Lepreon

Lepreon located 5 km upstream from Tholon, situated in the middle of the new road Pirgos-Kyparissia, will meet in a luxuriant vegetation of many waters running from everywhere, the village…

Archaeological Sites

Mt. Lykaion – Lykosoura

At the top of Mt. Lykaion, “the Arcadians sacred summit”, Zeus was worshiped, while nearby lies the Ancient Lykosoura, which Hesiod considered “the first city of humanity on Earth.  Along…

Archaeological Sites

Ancient Messene

The ancient Messene was the capital of Messinia. It was near the present village Mavromati in the western foothills of Mount Ithomi entering from Arcadian Gate.  Ithomi was the strongest…

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Mystras – Byzantine Churches,Sparta

Castlecity of Mystras The site, the naturally fortified and strategically important hill of Byzantine Myzithra, north of Taygetos, is a medieval castle and the fortified settlement that encloses within the…

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Nestor’s Palace

Palace of Nestor at Englianos The palace reached the peak of its prosperity in 13th century B.C. The early years of the 12th century B.C. the palace was destroyed by…

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Ancient Olympia

In Callistus site of Olympia, where they mingle with calm Alpheus and Kladeos River, the matrix of history gave birth to human ideals of peace, sportsmanship. Here, where athletes competed…

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Archaeological Site of Peristeria

The famous archaeological site of Peristerias is an imposing landscape next to Kyparissia after passage Backs, which archaeologists call “Mycenae Western Peloponnese” for the wealth of findings and size of…

Archaeological Sites

Epicurean Apollo Temple

The territory of Bassae is located between Arcadia, Triphylia and Messenia, on the western slopes of Mt. Kotilion near the ancient city of Phigaleia. The mountain is scored with ravines…