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Praisos (Crete) 10 Praisos/Vaveloi - Πραισός

Πραισός - Praisos, Archaic to Late Antique polis at Praisos/Vaveloi in Lasithi Crete

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Latitude: 35.122800
Longitude: 26.090700
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Greek name: Πραισός
Place ID: 351261PPra
Time period: ACHL
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Department: Lasithi
Mod: Praisos/Vaveloi

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Read summary reports on the recent excavations at Praisos in Chronique des fouilles en ligne – Archaeology in Greece Online.

Search for inscriptions mentioning Praisos (Πραισ...) in the PHI Epigraphy database.

Modern Description: Tholos tombs from the Minoan till the Hellenistic period in the area. A city of the Eteocretans, i.e. the pre-Dorian inhabitants of Crete. Ruins of the fortified Archaic-Hellenistic city with three hilltop acropoleis, near the village of Nea Praisos (Vaveloi). The sanctuary of Zeus Diktaios at Palaikastro belonged to Praisos. A large Hellenistic house between the first and the second acropolis. At the top of the first acropolis, foundations of a temple of Classical and Hellenistic times. The harbour of Praisos was Eteia (Siteia ?) on the Cretan Sea. Sanctuaries of Archaic and Hellenistic times near the village of Nea Praisos.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praesus
Wikidata ID: Q11942554
Trismegistos Geo: 3620

Info: Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean

(Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean, Ministry of the Aegean)

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Praisos (Crete) 10 Praisos/Vaveloi - Πραισός

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