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In the stunning site of Olympia, where they mingle with the calm Alpheus and Kladeos River, the matrix of history gave birth to human ideals of peace and sportsmanship. Here, where athletes competed for prizes with an olive branch and cities—states—were making war truces from 776 BC, the world “… the beautiful, the great, the […]

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 (vassai), which give the place its name. In this bare, rocky landscape, 1131 meters above sea level, the people of Phigaleia founded a sanctuary in […]

The ancient Messene was the capital of Messinia. It was near the present village of Mavromati in the western foothills of Mount Ithomi, entering from Arcadian Gate. Ithomi was the strongest natural and artificial stronghold of Messinia. The city was founded by the Theban general Epaminondas in 369 BC, who freed Messenia from the Spartans. […]

Castle City 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 walls of monasteries, churches, chapels, houses, and palaces. The Acropolis and the fortification of the  Mystra  The Frankish castle with the battlements and towers […]