<< Our Photo Pages >> Ancient Plataea - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Central Greece
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Multi-periodSite Name: Ancient PlataeaCountry: Greece
NOTE: This site is 12.915 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Central Greece Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Athens Nearest Village: Plataiai
Latitude: 38.219552N Longitude: 23.273598E
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 |
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bat400 visited on 30th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The site is generally covered in unmowed grasses which makes for some small difficulty walking with uneven ground and loose stones underfoot. There is a very obvious oval on high ground (the acropolis?) with a wall, much broken, on it southern border. At the north border, you overlook the valley where the famous battle against the Persians took place At this northern point someone has set a modern column and a small metal shrine (which is empty).
The much better defined wall of larger, more intact stoves, on a NW - SE line, south of the oval described above. It crosses the main road east of the modern town, and is marked there with the typical "Archaeological Site" brown and yellow sign. This wall is very large and shows several towers in the fortification. I'm uncertain if this separate wall dates from the 5th Century BC, or is a later addition, perhaps when Phillip of Macedon is credited with refounding the previously destroyed city.
There was Doric Temple probably dedicated to Hera which measured 50 metres by 17 metres which had 18 by 8 columns. Thucydides attributes this temple to the Thebans, built amid the destroyed city.The site has been extensively quarried. The high ground of the oval acropolis can be seen with a badly damaged wall on its southern edge. This area can be accessed from a copse of trees on the west side. A much larger and better defined wall with the remains of towers lies farther south and is prominent where it crosses the modern road between modern Plataies and Erythres. The location given is for the acropolis.
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