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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gortys - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Crete

Submitted by Klingon on Monday, 06 June 2005  Page Views: 5334

Multi-periodSite Name: Gortys Alternative Name: Γόρτυν
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 12.458 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Crete Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Agia Deka
Latitude: 35.063063N  Longitude: 24.946953E
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.
5 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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davidmorgan visited on 26th May 2019 I see I missed a lot of this, on the south side of the road.

SolarMegalith visited on 25th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 5

Gortys
Gortys submitted by Klingon : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient city in Crete

The capital of Crete in Roman times.
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Gortys
Gortys submitted by davidmorgan : The Odeon. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gortys
Gortys submitted by SolarMegalith : Gortys - Roman odeon from the 1st century AD (photo taken on April 2018). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gortys submitted by SolarMegalith : Gortys - ruins of the temple of Apollo (photo taken on April 2018). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gortys submitted by SolarMegalith : The 6th century AD church of Agios Titos (photo taken on April 2018). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gortys
Gortys submitted by davidmorgan : The north-western theatre.

Gortys
Gortys submitted by SolarMegalith : Temple of Egyptian gods from the 1st-2nd century AD (photo taken on April 2018).

Gortys
Gortys submitted by SolarMegalith : Acropolis with the occupation dating back to the Geometric period (11th-8th century BC) - view from the SE (photo taken on April 2018).

Gortys
Gortys submitted by SolarMegalith : Gortys - ruins of the 4th century AD Praetorium (photo taken on April 2018).

Gortys
Gortys submitted by SolarMegalith : Gortys - remains of the southern theatre (photo taken on April 2018).

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature : Old plan of Roman theatre, from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature : Old plan of part of the water system, from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature : Old map of the aqueduct, from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature : Old plan of one of reservoirs, from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature : Old section of one of the theatres, from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature : Old plan of one of the theatres, from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature

Gortys
Gortys submitted by durhamnature : Old plan, from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org

Gortys
Gortys submitted by Klingon :

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