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<< Our Photo Pages >> Zarax - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Peloponnese Peninsula

Submitted by Armand on Wednesday, 02 January 2019  Page Views: 1454

Multi-periodSite Name: Zarax
Country: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Limin Ieraka
Latitude: 36.786000N  Longitude: 23.087300E
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.
4 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.
3 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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Zarax submitted by Armand : Wall (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Peloponnese Peninsula

Zarax (Ancient Greek: Ζάραξ)[1][2] or Zarex (Ζάρηξ) was a town on the eastern coast of ancient Laconia, with a good harbour, situated upon a promontory, which is a projection of Mount Zarax. Like Prasiae and some other places on this part of the Laconian coast, it passed into the hands of the Argives in the time of the Macedonian supremacy; and this was apparently the reason why it was destroyed by Cleonymus of Sparta. From this disaster it never recovered. Augustus made it one of the Eleuthero-Laconian towns; but Pausanias, who visited in the 2nd century, mentions it as being “...the most ruinous of the towns of the Free Laconians...”, owing to the devastation carried out by Cleonymus. He adds that the only remarkable building in town at the time was a Temple of Apollo, graced by “... a statue holding a lyre”.

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Zarax submitted by Armand : View harbour (Vote or comment on this photo)

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