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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Lion of Amphipolis
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 5.796 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Northern Greece Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Amfipoli
Latitude: 40.803068N  Longitude: 23.842601E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
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Lion of Amphipolis
Lion of Amphipolis submitted by davidmorgan : The Lion of Amphipolis. September 1993. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sculptured Stone in Northern Greece

A Macedonian lion statue dating from the 4th century BCE, discovered in 1912.
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Lion of Amphipolis
Lion of Amphipolis submitted by Armand : Tomb (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lion of Amphipolis
Lion of Amphipolis submitted by Armand (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Lion of Amphipolis by davidmorgan on Thursday, 21 August 2014
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The Lion of Amphipolis is undoubtedly one of the most significant preserved monuments of the 4th century BC. It has been restored and stands next to the old bridge of Strymonas river at the regional street Amphipolis-Serraiki Akti. After the last discovery of the funerary enclosure of the “Kasta†mound in ancient Amphipolis, according to the research results of the 28th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, the burial monument of the Lion is closely related to the grave marker of the burial mound, which is in fact its foundation and is placed in the central and highest point of the mound, also following the geometry of the enclosure.

“The excavation of the burial mound, which is in progress, has brought to light an important funerary enclosure, unique in its kind, which is dated to the last quarter of the 4th century BC, with marble bases, jambs, crownings and other superstructure parts, of 3m height, and a total length of 497 m. So far 300 metres have been excavated. The unique construction of the funerary enclosure with the use of architectural members of Thasian marble, and the important historical period during which it was built, led us to assume that there are important tombs within the enclosure, which only the continuation of the excavation survey will reveal.

The Tomb of Kasta Amphipolis and the monument of the Lion have comparable architectural features and they both date back to the last quarter of the 4th century BC. The brecciae (fragments of marble processing) found near the grave marker at the top of the Kasta mound, show that there is a big marble monument, namely the Lion and its base†said Director of the 28th EPCA Katerina Peristeri.

The excavations at the funerary enclosure of the “Kasta†mound revealed that a big part of the enclosure had been demolished during the Roman era. Consequently, several architectural members are not in there original place.

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