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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pharos Town wallCountry: Croatia
NOTE: This site is 3.057 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hvar Island Nearest Village: Stari Grad
Latitude: 43.183080N Longitude: 16.597750E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The best Preserved section of town walls, about 9 Meters long by 2.3 Meters tall is in the basement of an old lady's house at the. end of Kiklopska Ulica, or Cyklops street, on the left. A small tip is not unappreciated. Another less well preserved section is next to 5th Century Church, in an area that is designated as Archeological center. 43.18245 16.59848. Greeks from the Island of Pharos settled here in 385 BCE and built the massive town wall. Other sections are embedded in the tower of the St. Stephens church on Sv. Stjepana Trg. Pharos is the Greek form of the Croatian name Hvar. The city then became Stari Grad or old town when new Hvar was founded at a more accessible location.
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