Aventuras a Pie (de Página)We will explore the Pantocrator Castle (Κάστρο Παντοκράτορα in Greek), one of the castles that protected the Ambracian Gulf mouth, a place of very high strategic importance and the site of the most important naval battle in history.
In this video, we visit the Asclepion and the Roman baths, which are exceptionally well preserved…
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Ancient Megalopolis was founded through a synod of twenty to forty neighboring communities between 371 and 368 BC, by the League of Arcadia in an attempt to form a political counterweight to Sparta.
Its construction took 10 years and it became the most important city in Arcadia.
In this video, we explore the ruins and history of Ancient Megalopolis.
We will explore the castle of the city of Amfissa, also known as the castle of Salona or Oria, a castle with turbulent history, ranging from remote antiquity to World War II.
It was attacked, besieged, destroyed and repaired many times by Macedonians, Gauls, Visigoths, Huns, Bulgarians, Slavs, Franks, Catalans, Turks and others.
Today, it is a public park, which has a beautiful view of the current city of Amfissa, with multiple pine paths and even a small theater.
Aigosthena is one of the best-preserved fortresses of antiquity and also one of the least known.
Located less than 60km from Athens, in the village of Porto Germeno, it has the best-preserved tower and the most complete “long wall.”
In this video we will tell you a little about its history and show you its ruins.
Let’s explore the castle of Anthousa, also known as the castle of Ali Pasha, an Ottoman-Italian castle, built 200 years ago to bombard a city.
It was 50km long, where it crossed rivers and mountains. Its structure included canals, tunnels, and bridges.
In this video we are going to cover several of the places where it is visible and we are going to tell a little of its history.
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Nicopolis, or “the city of victory,” was the most important Roman city founded in Greek territory.
It included a stadium, theater, odeon, temples, churches, city walls, and much more.
In this second part, we’ll visit the Christian ruins and learn a bit about their history…
Founded to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Actium, it included stadium, theater, odeon, temples, churches, walls and much more, some of these quite unique.
In this video we will explore the remains of the city and tell you a little about its history.
The Eleusinian Mysteries were initiation rites for the cult of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, celebrated annually in the city of Eleusis, in ancient Greece.
They commemorate Demeter’s search for her daughter Persephone after she was abducted by Hades and taken to the underworld.
This sacred road included sanctuaries, temples, and holy sites, as well as numerous tombs and monuments…
In this video, we explore what remains of the ancient sacred road.
Update 2022-06-24:
The water company EYDAP informed us that the section shown in the video does not correspond to the sacred road and that no archaeological finds were made on that land.
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Keramikos: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Archaeological+Museum+of+Keramikos/@37.9777985,23.7102758,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a1bd205046df2f:0x3ea60a6ac6a7c6bc!8m2!3d37.9779499!4d23.7168991
Eleonas: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ancient+bridge+of+Kifisos/@37.9849903,23.6896361,16. 5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a1bd1b04337c0f:0x5ff8863280bcd3f2!8m2!3d37.9877272!4d23.6939589
Aigalio: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ancient+Sacred+Way+at+Aigaleo/@37.9894388,23.6 827173,16.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x8a471b5ae4818884!8m2!3d37.9917227!4d23.6816937
Agia Marina: https://www.google.com/maps/place/+/@37.9952263,23.6713225,16.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a1bb57fca4edc5:0x4b394b7086b5c2e4!8m2!3d37.9972187!4d23.6673683
Tombs: https://www.google.com/maps/place/3759’59.0N+2339’51.7E/@37.9934453,23.6551884,15.5z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x2b4e37fa63158009!7e2!8m2!3d37.9997327!4d23.664363
Dafni Monastery: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Holy+Monastery+of+Daphni/@38.0111819,23.6388475,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a197f8e8119c49:0x719d1054160427!8m2!3d38.0130047!4d23.6358898
Sanctuary of Aphrodite: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sanctuary+of+Aphrodite/@38.0126604,23.6157516,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a1bad41f1e1c8d:0x113b0163088fd898!8m2!3d38.0127726!4d23.6158159
Sacred Path – Waterpark: https://www.google.com/maps/place/+++/@38.0126604,23.6157516,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a1bb84475fe66f:0x3e322aa2faf739de!8m2!3d38.012723!4d23.6063328