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Dreros (Crete) 1 Neapolis: Ag. Antonios - Δρήρος

Δρῆρος - Dreros, Archaic to Roman polis near Ag. Antonios of Neapoli, Lasithi Crete

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Latitude: 35.256600
Longitude: 25.628000
Confidence: High

Greek name: Δρῆρος
Place ID: 353256PDre
Time period: ACHR
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Department: Lasithi
Mod: Neapolis: Ag. Antonios

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

Search for inscriptions mentioning Dreros (Δρηρ...) in the PHI Epigraphy database.

Modern Description: The archaeological site is accessible from Neapolis Lasithiou and has two hilltop acropoleis. Located on the col between them is the city's agora, already arranged with a polygonal retaining wall and tiers in the 8th century BC. SW of them is the temple of Apollo Delphinios (8th century BC, restorations with modern masonry). A Hellenistic cistern, a prytaneion and several terraces on which the city's houses were built.
Finds from the sanctuary in the Herakleion and Aghios Nikolaos Ìuseums.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreros
Wikidata ID: Q5306985
Trismegistos Geo: 33282

Info: Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean

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

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Dreros (Crete) 1 Neapolis: Ag. Antonios - Δρήρος

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