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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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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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Sounion Temple of Athena
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011
Sounion Temple of Athena submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. Foundations of destroyed 5th century BCE Temple of Athena, near Temple of Poseidon.
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Sounion Temple of Poseidon
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes
Sounion Temple of Poseidon submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. 5th century BCE Temple of Poseidon on the the southernmost point of Attica surounded by the Aegean on 3 sides.
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Gla.
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 12th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Access 3
Gla. submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Greek Hillfort dating back to Mycenae era near Thebes.
South East Gate
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Log Text: We circled the site, admiring the walls and gateways. If anything, the site is more overgrown in 2017 than when davidmorgan visited in 1993.
Thebes Museum
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2017
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Thebes Museum submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. The Museum in Thebes looked like a mediaval tower built from antique blocks and is recommended by the Michelin Guide for Greece. It is however still being renovated at this time.
Thebes is the legendary city of Cadmus and Oedipus, though only few antique monuments can be found.
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Log Text: A fine modern regional museum, covering Thebes and major sites in Boeotia.
Temple of Apollo Ismenios
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Couldn't find on 30th May 2000
Log Text: Despite having roamed around Thebes for two days, I did not find this site, so I cannot tell you what is actually visible. I thought I had found it, but much later realized that I was at a somewhat similar piece of ground on the opposite site of town.
Temple of Olympian Zeus
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Temple of Olympian Zeus submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Aug 2006. very large Zeus temple in downtown Athens.
Under consruction from 600 BCE to 130 CE. Largely quarried during middle ages.
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Tumulus of the Plataeans
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011
Tumulus of the Plataeans submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Aug 2006. Tumulus for the Plataeans fallen at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE against the Persians. 7,000 Greeks defeated 20,000 Persians.
The dromos and door appear to be recent.
Near Marathon Museum.
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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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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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Pella (Greece)
Date Added: 17th Jun 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pella (Greece) submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Dec 2006. Not a lot to see here, the mosaics in the museum are good (if they're not on tour).
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Log Text: The main fully excavated and stabilized portions of the city are substantial, but one could wander over all the open areas and sporadic marked tombs outside the city for days. The site of the palace lies uphill from the new museum, and is not open to the public.
The new museum (opened in 2009) is amazing, with very good signage in Greek and English.
Tomb of Philip II
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Log Text: The Great Mound was apparently an overgrown but noted site into modern times when excavated formally in the 1970's. Now the multiple tombs and graves are displayed in this museum setting, with the beautiful finds along side the tombs. The lighting is very dim at first and especially when they first open each day, the site is very crowded, but in 2017, the site appears to be open into the early evening and the crowds die down by mid afternoon.
Vergina
Date Added: 27th Jun 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Visited (still working on) on 8th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Vergina submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Dec 2006. The tombs down the road are much more interesting. Photo taken in 1993.
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Log Text: Maps still show the major buildings, tombs, and sanctuaries, but almost all of the ancient city of Aigai is currently closed to visitors. However, you can still hike up to see the fenced off (but visible) theater from the big parking lot on the east side of the modern village of Vergina. From here you have a great view to the north over what was the agora, a portion of the city's eastern wall, and the cemetery complexes.
To the east you can see the modern village of Palatitsia ("palace,") where the 16th century church of St. Demetrius can be seen with ancient column drums making up part of the walls. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23715229
Mieza
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mieza submitted by SolarMegalith on 16th Oct 2010. Ruins of theatre from 2nd century BC in Mieza (photo taken on May 2003).
Site in Northern Greece and Macedonia Greece
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Log Text: The only part of the ancient city one can easily visit today is the Hellenistic theater. There are apparently the foundations of a villa near the theater, but the site itself seems to be grown over. The city site itself is visible as a tree and brush covered high ground, but that portion is not accessible.
Outside the city one can visit the "School of Aristotle" and several tombs.
Lyson and Kallicleus Macedonian Tomb
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Would like to visit
Sesklo
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sesklo submitted by Antonios on 14th Jun 2008. Sesklo
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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.
Akrokorinthos
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Saw from a distance. My rating: Ambience 5
Akrokorinthos submitted by Antonios on 24th May 2008. Site in Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece: Acrocorinth.
The walled gates of Acrocorinth from the west, as rebuilt by the Venetians.
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Log Text: Drive to the entrance of the fortress, but it was too late in the day to enter and visit.
Corinth Temple of Apollo
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011. My rating: Ambience 3
Corinth Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn on 29th May 2007.
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Log Text: Saw from outside the boudary, but was unable to visit.