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Mantinia is mainly known for the impressive remains of its enceinte, as well as its market-place with the theater and the imposing buildings that is seated in the center of the ancient town. It is located in close distance and east of the modern church of Agia Fotini. During antiquity, Mantinia occupied a broad lowland area of East Arcadia and...
The temple of Athena Alea was built in the 4th century BC and is one of the most significant and known temples of Classical Greece with an eminent position in the development of monumental architecture and sculpture within Greece. It was the most substantial sanctuary of Arcadians that was well-known and particularly respected by all...
Mount Lykeon was the most sacred mountain of the ancient Arcadians worshipped as the birthplace of Zeus. The findings arising from recent excavations date the first bethel to the Early Hellenic Period (3000 BC). There used to be a bethel of Zeus and Pan as well as a hippodrome, a theater and guest houses. Lykea is a race mounted annually in...
Orchomenos was one of the largest and oldest cities in Arcadia. It was the head of its kings for a while. It was a walled town with a theater, a market-place and the temples of Artemis and Neptune. During the Roman Empire, it minded its own coin and its stadium could host up to 10.000 people.
The temple of Apollo Epicurius seems to be lying in the middle of nowhere, but, when it was built in 430 BC, the most known town of the ancient world, Figalia, was nearby. The temple was built between 430-410 BC by Ictinus, the architect of Parthenon, which was one of the greatest and significant temples in antiquity. It was dedicated to Apollo...
