Korinth: Corinth is built on the Isthmus, the canal connecting Central Greece with the Peloponnese; she overlooks...
Places & Sights
Olympia: (1,063 inhab.) the original site of the games where the flame is still lit, can be...
Tripolis: Is in the central Peloponnese a major crossroads of the Peloponnese, from which most travellers either...
Argos: (20,700 inhab.) Argos today is a mid-size, quiet town that sits on the edge of the...
Patras was formed in Mycenaen times by the merging of three rural colonies. Achaeans came from the...
Patra the capital of Peloponnesse, is a thriving commercial and industrial centre, the third most important town...
The southern part of mainland Greece, known as Morea, consists of the large Peloponnese Peninsula, now divided...
In ancient Greece, the great rival of Athens was Sparta. The city-state and its surrounding territory were...
The area was first settled in the Prehistoric Period (site “Magoula Balomenou”). It was subject to Orchomenos...
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Several rescue excavations and less systematic work in the area of ancient Thebes yielded an abundance of...
