<< Our Photo Pages >> Bassae Temple of Apollo - Ancient Temple in Greece in Peloponnese Peninsula
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bassae Temple of ApolloCountry: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Patras Nearest Village: Andritsena
Latitude: 37.430126N Longitude: 21.899804E
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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Kuba visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.5
5th Century BCE Doric limestone temple. It is one of the best preserved Greek temples but needed to be saved from collapse in the mid 1970s. The internal friezes are now in the British Museum. The location is said to be not easy to reach but quite spectacular.
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