Elis (city)
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Elis was the capital city of the ancient polis of Elis, and at the time of Pausanias one of the most populous and splendid cities of the ancient Greek world.
Remains of the theatre of Elis
Peloponnese
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The Peloponnese, Peloponnesus, or Morea, is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the
Elis (city)
…Many monumental buildings of the city have been excavated and can be seen today. It was situated in the northwest of the Peloponnese, to the west of Arcadia. Just before the river Peneius emerges from the hills into the plain, the valley of the river is contracted on the south by a…
The Corinth Canal
Landscape in Arcadia
View of the Argolic gulf, with Nafplio visible
The Lion Gate in Mycenae