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<< Text Pages >> Helike - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Peloponnese Peninsula

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Multi-periodSite Name: Helike Alternative Name: Temple of Gyroula
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 1.476 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Corinth  Nearest Village: Eliki
Latitude: 38.222083N  Longitude: 22.131798E
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 Village or Settlement in Peloponnese Peninsula

The city of Helike was founded in the Mycenaean era about 1500 BCE and was destroyed in 373 BCE by an earthquake, and was the capital of the Achaia Region. The city held the Temple of Elikonean Neptune.
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