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
The Corinth Canal
Landscape in Arcadia
View of the Argolic gulf, with Nafplio visible
The Lion Gate in Mycenae
Mycenae
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Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about 120 kilometres south-west of Athens; 11 kilometres north of Argos; and 48 kilometres s
Peloponnese
…The Mycenaean civilization, mainland Greece's (and Europe's) first major civilization, dominated the Peloponnese in the Bronze Age from the palaces of Mycenae, Pylos, and Tiryns, among others. Many figures from Greek mythology, including Heracles and Perseus, as well as stories like the Iliad and – more broadly…
The Lion Gate and example of Cyclopean masonry at Mycenae
A view of the citadel
View from the acropolis, or high city
The Tomb of Aegisthus outside the walls of the citadel