Aventuras a Pie (de Página)We visited the archaeological site of Cape Sounion, the temple to Poseidon and the other remains, as well as telling 3 curiosities…
Cape Sounion or Sunion was a key site in antiquity for guarding the shipping lanes both to Athens, as well as the famous silver mines of Laurium, the reason for Athens’ wealth.
Today it 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.
The “sunken city” of Old Epidaurus/Palea Epidavros (in Greek) is probably the most popular and known of the underwater ruins of Greece.
However, and unknown to the general public, there are other ruins in the vicinity beyond the famous “Roman villa” and the buildings that surround it, and in this video we will explore those ruins.
The sunken city of Old Epidaurus/Palea Epidavros (Part 1): https://youtu.be/c3D_oyYAVIA
The Tiryns dam is one of the most important hydraulic engineering works in Greece and Europe of the Mycenaean era, although it is found hidden in plain sight.
This work consisted of two parts: a large retaining wall over 50 meters long and 10 meters high, and a canal one and a half kilometers long that carried the waters of three streams to another river in the vicinity to discharge into the sea.
This enormous work was done 3500 years ago to prevent floods in the population of Tiryns.
Sikyon was an important city-state of the Corinthian domain of renowned fame at an artistic level.
In this video, we are going to explore its ruins as well as its archaeological museum.
Ancient Messene is by far one of the best archaeological sites in all of Greece, having more variety of ruins and much better preserved than other sites of much greater renown such as Athens, Delphi, and Corinth.
In this video, we explain in detail why we think it is a great site worth exploring.
We are going to explore Thorikos; excellent ruins with a lot of history, and the most important population of Laurion, the famous silver mines place, Athens’ success secret.
The kingdom of Orchomenus was the eternal enemy of its neighbor to the east, Thebes, and included this city as well as the lands occupied by the lake Copai and the island-fortress of Gla.
In this video, we visit the Mycenaean and Hellenistic ruins of Orchomenus.
This video analyzes where they obtained water in Ancient Greece, showing what ruins we can expect at each site, according to the answer.
This video contains shots and information from over 20 places in the center and south of Greece.
In our day’s adventure we are going to explore the remains of the basilica of Lecheion, the largest in the history of Greece and tell its story.
In this video we explore the ruins of Anphiaraos and tell the traditions that occurred in this sanctuary.
The Anphiaraos of Oropo is an ancient sanctuary of Ancient Greece, which was located in the border area of the regions of Beotia and Attica and where worship was paid to Anphiaraos, an Argive hero who was believed to have gifts of divination and healing.