Polyrrenia (Crete) 11 Epano Palaiokastro - Πολυρρηνία

Πολυρρηνία - Polyrrenia, Archaic to Late Antique settlement near Epano Palaiokastro in Chania Crete
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Latitude: 35.457900
Longitude: 23.655500
Confidence: High

Greek name: Πολυρρηνία
Place ID: 355237UPol
Time period: ACHRL
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Department: Chania
Mod: Epano Palaiokastro

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Modern Description: Located on the site of the modern homonymous village, with an acropolis, cisterns and an aqueduct. Ruins of a 4th-3rd century BC temple near the church of the 99 Fathers, on the flat summit of the hill, where there are also antiquities and inscriptions built in to walls. A cemetery to the NE. In Roman times the city was responsible for the sanctuary of Diktynna, in the little bay of Menies Rodopou, where there are remains of a temple surrounded by porticoes and of subterranean cisterns.
Building phases of the Early Christian period can be seen in the acropolis wall.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyrrhenia
Wikidata ID: Q7226914
Trismegistos Geo: 1890

Info: Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean

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


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