Skip to content. | Skip to navigation

Download KML

Download Atom + GeoRSS

Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos — by C. Foss — last modified Nov 13, 2024 11:41 AM

The famous sanctuary of Apollo on the Cycladic island of Delos.

Sanctuary of Apollo Phanaios — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 09, 2022 02:11 PM

A partially excavated artificial platform and temple at modern Kato Phana on the Greek island of Chios (ancient Phanai).

Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis in the Taygetos — by G. Reger — last modified Jun 06, 2023 09:53 AM

A sanctuary in the Taygetos mountains, attested in both literary and epigraphic texts, its precise location cannot yet be determined; however scattered and reused architectural components and inscriptions have been found in the area of the Chapel of Panagia Kapsocherovolousa, Volimos, northwest of modern Alagonia in the Peloponnese. Of uncertain foundation date, but confirmed by the Roman Senate under Tiberius as belonging to the Messenians (as part of the Ager Denthaliatis), rather than the Spartans.

Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis on Mount Lapithos — by G. Reger — last modified Dec 20, 2021 02:35 PM

This sanctuary, located near the modern village of Artemida in Elis (Greece), was excavated in the early 20th century.

Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis at Messene — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jul 06, 2020 11:16 AM

A sanctuary on the slopes of Mount Ithome and within the city walls of ancient Messene in the Peloponnese. It was developed beginning in the 4th-3rd centuries BCE.

Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros — by G. Reger — last modified Oct 19, 2024 05:01 PM

A major sanctuary complex, with extensive surviving archaeological remains, located approximately 8km from the ancient city of Epidauros in Greece. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sanctuary of Athena Itonia — by J. Fossey — last modified Apr 10, 2024 03:00 PM

A pan-thessaliote sanctuary, located at modern Philia Karditsis in Greece.

Sanctuary of Bendis — by Chris de Lisle — last modified Jun 30, 2024 11:14 AM

Sanctuary of Bendis located on the Acropolis of Salamis

Sanctuary of Demeter Chamyne — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 21, 2024 03:48 PM

A sanctuary of the fifth century B.C. located to the east of the stadium at Olympia.

Sanctuary of Dionysos — by Dan Diffendale — last modified Mar 22, 2020 12:48 PM

The Sanctuary of Dionysos, which includes a theater, choregic monument, statue bases, and at least one temple, formed part of the civic center of the Attic deme of Ikarion.

Sanctuary of Eleusinian Demeter in Laconia — by G. Reger — last modified Jul 15, 2020 12:18 AM

An extensive sanctuary mentioned by Pausanias and located at the modern village of Kalyvia Sochas by virtue of the discovery of a number of inscriptions on the site. Very little of the sanctuary is visible today, as the site was damaged by a number of floods and only ever partly excavated. Modern signage in the village marks the location of some finds.

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jan 22, 2021 03:45 PM

The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Praeneste is a terraced sanctuary of monumental proportions. The phase visible today dates to the late second century B.C.

Sanctuary of Hercules Victor — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 25, 2024 05:48 PM

The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor in Tivoli is a significant cult place of the second century B.C. The sanctuary is composed of a vaulted, terraced platform that support the temple, its porticoes, and a theater.

Sanctuary of Isis at Dion — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 05, 2018 05:22 PM

The sanctuary of Isis at Dion dates to the second century A.D.

Sanctuary of Iuno Gabina — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 07, 2023 10:52 AM

The Sanctuary of Iuno Gabina at Gabii.

Sanctuary of Kalliste — by Chris de Lisle — last modified Oct 03, 2024 04:33 PM

A sanctuary for Kalliste ("most beautiful lady"), sometimes identified with Artemis, located on the road from Athens to the Academy.

Sanctuary of Pan at Paneas — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Apr 24, 2019 02:29 PM

The Paneion at Caesarea Philippi, a sanctuary site dedicated to Pan centered around a natural cave and spring site on the southwestern slopess of Mount Hermon. The sanctuary was first built in the Hellenistic period (before 200 BCE). A temple to Augustus was constructed in front of the cave during the reign of Herod the Great in 19 BCE, and the site was further expanded through 220 CE.

Sanctuary of Poseidon at Tainaron — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jan 20, 2022 09:27 PM

A famous ancient sanctuary of Poseidon located at the southern end of the modern Mani peninsula of the Peloponnese. Literary and archaeological evidence indicate that the sanctuary featured a temple, a cave treated as a mouth of the underworld, and other structural and monumental components. It seems to have served as a sanctuary site for suppliants and a context for the formal manumission of enslaved persons.

Sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo — by J. Fossey — last modified Jul 11, 2024 04:56 PM

Described by Pausanias, this sanctuary was located near Akraiphiai in Boeotia.

Sanctuary of the Muses — by J. Fossey — last modified Mar 30, 2021 07:37 PM

The Sanctuary of the Helikonian Muses in Boeotia is celebrated by Hesiod. Archaeological remains of part of the sanctuary in the valley of the Muses date to the third and second centuries B.C.

Also in this section