<< Our Photo Pages >> Tholos of Gaion - Ancient Temple in Greece in Peloponnese Peninsula
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tholos of Gaion Alternative Name: Aghia Trida KountouraCountry: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Diakopto Nearest Village: Trapeza
Latitude: 38.168610N Longitude: 22.211844E
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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Gaion is a very old temple devoted to Earth. This area gives to many earthquakes and with this Temple the habitants were trying to propitiate the Earth. Pausanias when he visited the area he said in his book that in the temple was a wooden statue of Gaion. Isiodos said that the Gaion is a live cellule witch has as core the core of the Earth and as a vellum the surface of the Earth. And when it gets angry it explodes with big disasters.
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