Chlemoutsi Castle of Elis
Located on a hilltop in the village Castro, overlooking Elis plain, Chlemoutsi castle is one of the most imposing castles in the Peloponnese. Its name is of Slav origin and it resulted from a distortion of the word “Chelmos” or “Chelonata” which is the name of the hill on which it is built. There is […]
Archaeological Site of Ancient Olympia
During classical times Olympia was the city of Ilia best known as the area where the Olympic Games took place, the greatest athletic event of the then-Greek world. Today Ancient Olympia is a village and a municipality of Ilia, built in the valley of river Alpheus. Nearby lies the Archaeological Site of Ancient Olympia, one […]
Archaeological Museum of Tripoli
The Archaeological Museum of Tripoli is housed in a two-storey neoclassical building created by Ernst Ziller. Between 1895 and 1905 the building housed the Pan-Arcadian Hospital of “Evangelistria”. Its transformation into a Museum began in 1980 and six years later it was inaugurated by then-Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri. The Museum is an important center […]
Hydropower Museum of Dimitsana
The Open Air Hydropower Museum of Dimitsana (Peloponnese), highlights the importance of water-power in traditional society. Focusing on the main pre-industrial techniques that take advantage of water to produce a variety of goods, it links them to the history and daily life of the local society over the ages. The Open Air Hydropower Museum of […]
The Castle of Karitena
Above the beautiful, traditional settlement of Karitena, at an altitude of approximately 600 m., the castle of Karitena stands majestically, overlooking the magical valley of the river Alfeios. The castle was built during te Frankish rule, in the 13th century, by the French sovereign Gottfried de Brulier, who used it for some time as his […]
The Castle of Astros
At the southern summit of the hill named Nissi stands imposingly the castle of Paralio Astros, the construction of which dates to the Frankish rule. It is a medieval fortress, which slowly developed into a powerful defensive complex, with a significant role in various armed conflicts, not an uncommon phenomenon during those times. Near the […]
Ancient Tegea of Arcadia
Ten kilometres outside Tripoli, next to the village of Alea, in Mantineia, stands imposingly the ancient city of Tegea, fragments of which started emerging from the end of the previous century. Ancient Tegea was one of the most important cities of ancient Arcadia, with a remarkable course through the centuries, until 395 A.D., when it […]
Ancient Mantineia of Arcadia
Ancient Mantineia was one of the largest and most significant cities in antiquity and it became an important center of historical developments not only in the area of Arcadia, where it belonged, but in the whole of Greece. The ancient city is located 14 kilometers from Tripoli, in the area called Paleopoli. The first excavations […]
The Temple of Apollo Epicourios
In the ancient Arcadian city of Figalia stood one of the most imposing temples in antiquity, dedicated to Apollo Epikourios. The locals erected this temple as a gesture of gratitude to the god, for protecting them during a plague epidemic. The name “epikourios”, after all, meant “helper”. The temple was located in Vasses and was […]
Ancient Gortys
Ancient Gortys is among the most important Arcadian cities of the ancient world. The exact dates of its founding, prime and decline are not known, since the archaeological evidence that has come to light is not enough to make an estimation. It is generally accepted, however, that the city was in its prime already in […]