Aigosthena
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Aigosthena () was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged. It is also the name of the coastal settlement at the foot of the ancient city walls, also known as Porto Germeno. The ancient citadel which stands at the foot of Mt Cithaeron and extends down to the sea at the inlet of Aigosthena, on the east side of the Gulf of Corinth, is famous for retaining several of the tallest surviving towers of ancient Greece.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Aigosthena
- Ancient site.native_name
- Αἰγόσθενα
- Ancient site.image
- Aigosthena fortifications.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The fortifications with the recently restored southeast tower of the citadel at back from NE, just outside of the citadel.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greece
- Ancient site.location
- Mandra-Eidyllia, Attica, Greece
- Ancient site.region
- Megaris
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Classical Greek to Hellenistic
- Ancient site.dependency_of
- Megara
- Ancient site.management
- Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.website
- Aegosthena
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Mandra-Eidyllia Municipality
- Location
- Megaris
- Official website
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh352.jsp?obj_id=12862
- Image
- Aigosthena-5.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- native label
- Αιγόσθενα
- Commons category
- Archaeological site of Aigosthena
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=12862
- time period
- Hellenistic period
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Ancient Aigosthena
- Modern Aigosthena
- Gallery
- Ancient sources
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Aigosthena () was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged. It is also the name of the coastal settlement at the foot of the ancient city walls, also known as Porto Germeno. The ancient citadel which stands at the foot of Mt Cithaeron and extends down to the sea at the inlet of Aigosthena, on the east side of the Gulf of Corinth, is famous for retaining several of the tallest surviving towers of ancient Greece.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aigosthena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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