<< Our Photo Pages >> Cap Doukato - Ancient Temple in Greece in Greek Islands
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cap Doukato Alternative Name: Lefkadian Rock, Leukadian RockCountry: Greece Region: Greek Islands Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Village: Porto Katsiki
Latitude: 38.563603N Longitude: 20.542682E
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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At the site of the Lefkadian Rock an ancient temple of Apollo was situated. Legends told about the suicide by jumping down the cliff of the ancient poet Sappho. Later the priests of the temple of Apollo fixed some bird feathers on their arms and jump down the 60m high cliffs into death for sacrifice.
Crimials were sacrificed as well (also with bird feathers) at this site. Surviving this jump the criminals were not be considered as guilty.
Today a lighthouse is standing at this site, perhaps some crop marks of the ancient site could be found.
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