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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sounion Temple of PoseidonCountry: Greece Region: Central Greece Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Athens Nearest Village: Lavrio
Latitude: 37.650334N Longitude: 24.024588E
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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MartinJEley visited on 12th Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A beautiful place to be at sunset.
blackfox visited on 1st Jan 2001 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
Spectacular 5th century BCE Poros limestone Doric temple on a cliff on southernmost point in Attica, surrounded by the Aegean Sea on three sides. The temple replaced an earlier 6th century temple destroyed during the Persian invasion. Some restoration was undertaken in the 19th century.
The temple is surrounded by the remains of fortifications which protected the sanctuary during the 5th century BCE Peloponnesian War. There is also the foundations of a destroyed temple of Athena down the hill.
Near perfect east-west alignment.
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