Aventuras a Pie (de Página)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
We’re going to explore the ruins of the Catalan castle of Livadia, Greece, and tell you a bit about its history, the history of the Catalan East Company, its leader, Roger de Flor, and the “Catalan Revenge.”
A special dedication to all our Catalan friends, both those who live in Catalonia and those who are traveling the world…
The road that connects Athens and the Piraeus port has been very important through history.
Piraeus was one of the 2 historical ports of Athens, and it is, today, the most important port of Greece.
Around this road there were houses, temples, businesses and even cemeteries.Piraeus was, not only, an important source of income, through the collection of taxes, but also of food, something key to resist any siege.
That is why, at various times in history it was decided to build very long walls to protect this road.
In this video, we explore the few and hidden remains of the long walls of Athens.
We not only show the long walls, but temples, tombs, channels and for that we had to visit shopping centers (like Leroy Merlin), car dealerships, vehicular control centers, parks, abandoned lands.
Source: https://efadyat.wordpress.com/
In our adventure of the day, we are going to explore the ruins of Calydon, (Kalidona in Greek), in the region of Aetolia, in Greece.
These ruins include a square theater, a palestra, a heroon, temples and an acropolis.
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