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Multi-periodSite Name: Ancient Messene Alternative Name: Αρχαία ΜεσσήνηCountry: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kalamata Nearest Village: Mavrommati
Latitude: 37.175535N Longitude: 21.920394E
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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Klingon visited on 27th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Kuba visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
This is a major settlement of which the Temple complex are the most important. Temple of Asklepios was a doric temple. A Hygeia, the Decterion and a small theatre-odeion also belongs to the Asklepieion complex. There is also an impressive fortification wall as well as the Arcadic gate dating to the 3rd century BCE. Near this is the small 3rd century BCE Ionic Temple of Artemis Limniatis or Lafria. It's a temple of the style. There is also the Sanctuary of Zeus Ithomatas. Only the lower seats of the Theatre-Stadium walls remain.
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