Tag: Ancient Greece

Cape Sounion was a key site in antiquity for guarding the sea routes both to Athens, as well as to the famous silver mines of Laurium, the reason for Athens’ economic success and its sanctuary to Poseidon is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the vicinity of the Greek capital, promoted by travel guides as the ideal place to enjoy the sunset.

Now, just 400 meters away, on the opposite hill, there existed another sanctuary, whose main temple was dedicated to the Goddess Athena and which today is much less known and less visited, for the simple reason that it is difficult to visit.

In this video, we are going to briefly explore the remains of this sanctuary and comment on how to visit it.

Today, the archaeological site of Ramnous is, for many, a surprise and a paradox. On one hand, it is one of the most unknown sites in Attica and on the other hand, it is the best preserved ancient sanctuary of the region, one of the best preserved in all Greece and a unique example that allows us to perceive how the Greek cities of antiquity were.

But, two thousand years ago, its extensive fame was thanks to its sanctuary to Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance, and that it was the most important in Ancient Greece.

On our day’s adventure, we are going to visit Ramnous, to explore in detail its ruins and tell you something of its history.

We explored the archaeological site of Kolona, in Aegina, Greece, as well as its archaeological museum and the land and underwater defenses of the area.

In this video, we explore a good part of its walls, including the history of its predecessors, the Hellenistic wall and the Roman wall.

We explore inside and outside the Trigoniou tower in the walls of Thessaloniki.