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<< Text Pages >> Messon Temple of Zeus - Ancient Temple in Greece in Greek Islands

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 06 October 2007  Page Views: 4082

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Messon Temple of Zeus
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 22.799 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Greek Islands Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Mitilíni  Nearest Village: Agia Paraskevi
Latitude: 39.196436N  Longitude: 26.304735E
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
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Ancient Temple in Greek Islands (Aegean etc)

Temple dedicated to triad of Zeus, Dionysos and the Aiolian Goddess which measured 40 by 22 metres and had 14 by 8 columns dating to 4th Century BCE.
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Re: Messon Temple of Zeus by RobinS on Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Co-ordinates of the site taken by GPS 39.196436° 26.304735° Nearest village is Agia Paraskevi 81102 Access: can be driven to on surfaced road. Some disabled access.
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Re: Messon Temple of Zeus by Anonymous on Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Recently built museum section has many interesting 'rebuilt' sections of the original temple.

Opening hours plus some photographs at: Messa Sactuary Lesvos
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