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Gla.
Trip No.6 Entry No.26 Date Added: 4th Mar 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 1993
Gla. submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Dec 2006. Viewed from the east.
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Delphi Temple
Trip No.4 Entry No.4 Date Added: 10th Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 1988
Delphi Temple submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Dec 2006. The Treasury of the Athenians.
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Sanctuary of Apollo Ptoios
Trip No.6 Entry No.27 Date Added: 4th Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 1993
Sanctuary of Apollo Ptoios submitted by davidmorgan on 5th May 2008. This is the Sanctuary of the Hero, Ptoios, west of the Sanctuary of Apollo, at Ptoon. I didn't discover the oracular spring, which is a pity. I should have carried on down the track a bit farther.
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Lion of Chaeronea
Trip No.6 Entry No.24 Date Added: 23rd May 2016
Site Type: Carving
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 1993
Lion of Chaeronea submitted by davidmorgan on 1st Mar 2015. The Lion of Chaeronea. A monument in memory of the "Sacred Band of Thebes", discovered in 1818.
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Thebes Museum
Trip No.6 Entry No.25 Date Added: 4th Mar 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 1993
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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National Archaeological Museum Athens
Trip No.8 Entry No.15 Date Added: 6th Oct 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2004
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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Cycladic Museum at Athens
Trip No.8 Entry No.14 Date Added: 6th Oct 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2004
Cycladic Museum at Athens submitted by Antonios on 2nd Jun 2008. Female figurine
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Sounion Temple of Poseidon
Date Added: 9th Nov 2010
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1968
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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Acropolis
Date Added: 26th Jan 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1968
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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Theopetra Cave
Date Added: 19th Dec 2011
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Would like to visit
Matala
Trip No.2 Entry No.15 Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 1982
Matala submitted by davidmorgan on 18th Sep 2007. Postcard of Matala when hippies still occupied the tombs.
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Knossos
Trip No.2 Entry No.14 Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Palace
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 1982
Knossos submitted by Thorgrim on 12th Nov 2004. The Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete. Dating from the Minoan Bronze Age, the first palace was built around 2000BC and subsequently destroyed by earthquake. This later palace from the Neopalatial period had 1,200 rooms on five levels. In 1450 BC, it too was destroyed in a disaster caused by the volcanic eruption on Thera (Santorini) which destroyed that island and the Minoan civilisation. The restoration is by Sir Arthur Evans who commenced excavation in 1900.
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Phaistos
Trip No.2 Entry No.16 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Palace
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 1982
Phaistos submitted by Klingon on 20th Jun 2005.
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Log Text: My second visit - 37 years later. What a wonderful site! Minoan palaces are intriguing, with shared features among them.
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Date Added: 9th Nov 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1968
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by AlexHunger on 5th Oct 2004. Neolithic figures in Heraklion Museum.
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Agia Triada
Date Added: 3rd Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2019
Agia Triada submitted by SolarMegalith on 16th Jul 2018. Remains of the Palatial Megaron from the period of the Third Palace (1400-1300 BC), built on the ruins of the Neo-Palatial period palace. View from the west (photo taken on April 2018).
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Log Text: A nice compact palace site. A little rushed since the site closes at 16:00 and I had just 45mins to look around.
Gortys
Date Added: 3rd Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2019
Gortys submitted by Klingon on 20th Jun 2005.
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Log Text: I see I missed a lot of this, on the south side of the road.
Malia
Date Added: 4th Aug 2019
Site Type: Ancient Palace
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2019
Malia submitted by AlexHunger on 15th Nov 2004. Malia Grandstand Stairs on the West Side of the Great Courtyard. Malia is considered by scholars as more of a provincial palace, though many fine objects were found there.
Malia is about halfway between Heraklion and Agio Nikolaos on the North Coast of Crete.
Approximate GPS location:
N35 17.488 E25 28.488
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Log Text: An interesting Minoan palace.
Flerio Kouros
Trip No.6 Entry No.30 Date Added: 4th Mar 2011
Site Type: Carving
Country: Greece (Greek Islands)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 1993
Flerio Kouros submitted by davidmorgan on 1st Jun 2007. He lies 7m tall in this pleasant olive grove.
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Apollonas Kouros
Trip No.6 Entry No.31 Date Added: 4th Mar 2011
Site Type: Carving
Country: Greece (Greek Islands)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 1993
Apollonas Kouros submitted by davidmorgan on 2nd Jun 2007. A massive piece but not as good looking as the Flerio Kouros.
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Portara
Trip No.6 Entry No.32 Date Added: 4th Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Greek Islands)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 1993
Portara submitted by davidmorgan on 13th Jun 2007. A nice place to relax while waiting for a ferry.
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