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Multi-periodSite Name: OrraonCountry: Greece
NOTE: This site is 14.743 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Northern Greece Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Arta Nearest Village: Ammotopos
Latitude: 39.271457N Longitude: 20.926160E
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 |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Northern Greece
Ancient Orraon was founded and fortified between about 370 BCE, by Alketas, the king of the Molossoi. The settlement was destroyed by the Romans in 167 BCE, subsequently rebuilt and was finally abandoned by its inhabitants in 31 BCE.
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