Nisaki fortress (Methana) Nisaki Agion Anargyron

Nisaki, walled Hellenistic naval station on Nisaki island, Methana town
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Latitude: 37.575500
Longitude: 23.389900
Confidence: High (20260216)

Place ID: 376234FMeN
Time period: CH
Region: Attica
Country: Greece
Department: Islands
Mod: Nisaki Agion Anargyron

Modern Description: Substantial ashlar fortification wall with postern and tower on S shore of Nisaki Agion Anargyron, an islet/peninsula connected by a modern causeway to Methana town. Unfenced, unsignposted. Probably a 3rd century Egyptian naval station (Ptolemy II and later) associated with Arsinoe city (Methana as a Ptolemaic protectorate).

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