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<< Text Pages >> Laphrion Sanctuary of Artemis Laphria and Apollo Laphrios - Ancient Temple in Greece in Central Greece

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 29 October 2006  Page Views: 6252

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Laphrion Sanctuary of Artemis Laphria and Apollo Laphrios
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 34.845 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Central Greece Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Lamia  Nearest Village: Evinokhórion
Latitude: 38.371971N  Longitude: 21.529769E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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3Ordinary
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1Awful
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient Temple in Attica/Central Greece

The Laphrion sanctuary was one of the most important Aetolian sanctuaries, dedicated to the cult of Apollo and Artemis and lies to the southwest of the Calydon acropolis enclosed by a circuit wall. The site as a dates to the Geometric period, flourished in the 6th century B.C and remained in use until the Roman period. The first temple was built at the end of the 7th century BCE and the last in 360 BCE. Only the foundations of the Temple of Artemis Laphriaare are preserved on the summit of the precinct. The remains of a two-storeyed Stoa, located in the north part of the precinct and date from the 3rd-2nd century BCE. The site was identified in 1908 and excavations took place in the 1920s and 1930. The 4th Century temple measured 32 Meters by 14 Meters and had 13 by 6 Columns.
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Kalydon: terrace of Temple of Artemis Laphria, from NE
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