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<< Text Pages >> Velvina Temple - Ancient Temple in Greece in Central Greece

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 03 October 2007  Page Views: 5316

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Velvina Temple Alternative Name: Molykrion Sanctuary of Poseidon
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 5.88 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Central Greece Type: Ancient Temple
 Nearest Village: Velvina
Latitude: 38.385058N  Longitude: 21.749250E
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.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
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
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Temple in Attica/Central Greece

Remains of a temple measuring 31 metres by 14 metres which had 13 by 6 columns. It was originally believed to be a temple of Poseidon, but this is now disputed.
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Re: Velvina Temple by Anonymous on Monday, 16 August 2010
Recently created facebook page of Velvina has numerous photos of ancient temple site.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=192736736633#!/group.php?gid=192736736633&v=photos
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