Pavlopetri
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Elafonisos Municipality
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- Commons category
- Archaeological site of Pavlopetri
- time of discovery or invention
- 1967-00-00
- culture
- Bronze Age
- time period
- Ancient Greece
- native label
- Παυλοπέτρ
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11 sectionsContents
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- Discovery and location
- Origins
- Exploration
- Noteworthy discoveries
- Dangers to the ruins
- Preservation efforts
- UNESCO site
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
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The archaeological site known as Pavlopetri () is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece. It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world. Pavlopetri is unique in having an almost complete town plan, including streets, buildings, and tombs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pavlopetri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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