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

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Multi-periodSite Name: Tegea
Country: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: TrĂ­polis  Nearest Village: Alea
Latitude: 37.455489N  Longitude: 22.420412E
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.
5 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

In the Archaic period the nine villages that underlie Tegea joined together to create one city. Tegea was was mentioned by Homer as one of the cities that sent ships and men for the Achaean invasion on Troy. Ancient Tegea was an important religious center of ancient Greece where votive bronzes from the Geometric and Archaic periods were found. The temple burned down in 391 BCE and was subsequently rebuilt. Tegea was conquered by Sparta arond 560 BCE. The city thrived under the Roman Empire but was sacked in 395 CE by the Goths.
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