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Delphi Temple
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Delphi Temple submitted by davidmorgan on 15th May 2007. The Temple of Apollo.
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Bassae Temple of Apollo
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn on 29th May 2007. Under wraps during restoration works.
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New Acropolis Museum
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
New Acropolis Museum submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Aug 2006. The top floor, is designed to take the Elgin marbles, should they ever be returned by the British Museum.
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Archaia Korinthos
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011
Archaia Korinthos submitted by Bjorn on 29th May 2007.
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Dio.
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dio. submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Dec 2006. The Sanctuary of Isis.
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Log Text: An understated site that takes some walking and contemplation to even hope to understand. Well signed, but be sure to visit the museum in the village in order to fully appreciate Dion.
Dowth Passage Grave
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dowth Passage Grave submitted by jeffrep on 11th Aug 2009. South Entrance, Dowth Passage Tomb, County Meath, Ireland.
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Tumulus of the Athenians
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tumulus of the Athenians submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Aug 2006. Tumulus for the Athenians fallen at the battle of Marathon in 490 BCE against the Persians. 7000 Greeks defeated 20,000 Persians.
There was a stele commemorating the dead, but this is now in a museum.
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Log Text: Lies in the center of a park-like area. Admission is charged, but its free if you have already visited the Marathon Museum and show your ticket. Less exciting, than it is inspiring.
National Archaeological Museum Athens
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
National Archaeological Museum Athens submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Dec 2008. Site in Athens, Greece: The museum has been renovated in recent years and is now well organized and pleasantly decoarated. The major Greek treasures are on display here.
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Log Text: An amazing museum and well worth the price. I do note that due to funding reductions some galleries have been closed, I believe on a rotating basis. On the day of my visit, much of the ceramics collections, the Vase and Minor Objects Collection, were not accessible.
Trophy of the Athenians
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2011. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 5
Trophy of the Athenians submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Aug 2006. Replica of the trophy set up by the Athenians following their victory against the Persians in 490 BCE. The remains of the original are in the Marathon museum, but it is not possible to take photos there.
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Log Text: The site of the trophy is near Panaghia Mesosporitisa Church. The Marathon Museum has a pamphlet of sites in the area which can guide you to the location.
Vranas Middle Helladic Graves
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Greece
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Vranas Middle Helladic Graves submitted by AlexHunger on 22nd Aug 2006. Chambered tombs dating to between 2000 and 1200 BCE at the €15 million Marathon Museum. The excavated tombs are sheltered under a purpose built air conditioned pavilion, while a further unexcavated tomb still under its mound lies outside.
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Ramnous
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Access 2
Ramnous submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Aug 2006. Hillfort on the northern coast of Attica. The area has been inhabited since the neolithic, but the Athenians guarisoned the place after the persian invasion in order to watch the straight towards Euboa. There are several necropolises and two temples nearby.
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Ramnous Temple of Nemesis
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ramnous Temple of Nemesis submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Aug 2006. Classic 5th Century marble temple of Nemesis, next to Temple of Themis. Destroyed with the coming of Christianity. Compound retaining wall.
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Ramnous Temple of Themis
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ramnous Temple of Themis submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Aug 2006. 6th Century temple of Themis made of large cyclopean blocks, next to Temple of Nemesis. Destroyed with the coming of Christianity.
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Vravrona Temple of Artemis
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Vravrona Temple of Artemis submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Aug 2006. 5th Century temple of Artemis. The columns are part of the Stoa.
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Log Text: The ruins are in a beautiful location.
Athens Acropolis
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Athens Acropolis submitted by Alun on 27th Jan 2004. The Acropolis at Athens is the big rock which all the temples sit on.
The temple you can see peeking over the fortifications is the Parthenon.
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Parthenon
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Parthenon submitted by AlexHunger on 25th Aug 2006. Classic 5th Cenury BCE Temple to Athena.
At the moment, the temple is being restored, which may take until 2025. Archeologists are replacing the rusted iron pins used to secure the temple in the 19th century with non coroding Titanium ones, and various damaged pieces of marble are receiving replacement bits and pieces cut from the same quarry. The authorities are however not bringing the parthenon back to how it was before the turkish gun powder magazine explosion as too many pieces are missin...
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Erechteion
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Erechteion submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Temple to Athena and Poseidon next to parthenon.
The Caryatids female figures holding up the Portico are now in the Acropolis Museum, with one more having been taken to the British Museum.
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Propylaia
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Propylaia submitted by AlexHunger on 27th Aug 2006. The Propylaia is the gateway to the Acropolis and a temple in its own right.
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Cycladic Museum at Athens
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 23rd May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cycladic Museum at Athens submitted by Antonios on 2nd Jun 2008. Female figurine
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Log Text: In addition to the Cycladic Art and artifacts, the museum's collection of classical Greek art and artifacts (including fine examples of arms and armor) is diminished only by the National Archaeological Museum a mile away.
Lion of Chaeronea
Date Added: 6th Jun 2011
Site Type: Carving
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Lion of Amphipolis submitted by davidmorgan on 13th Dec 2008. The Lion of Amphipolis. September 1993.
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Log Text: The open area where the monument is sited is now a grassy depression with a semicircular plaza around it.