Harbor at Lechaion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: David Meadows, Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 26, 2024 01:42 PM — History

The ancient harbor of Lechaion on the eastern side of the Gulf of Corinth. Historical sources place the founding of Lechaion in the 7th century BCE, but geoarchaeological evidence attests to protohistoric industrial use of the site as early as the 12th century BCE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/364712046

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9336602229, 22.8873879941

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of harbor (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Ancient Inner Harbor of Lechaion (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Harbor at Lechaion makes connections with:

Harbor at Lechaion located at Lechaion (unspecified date range)

Harbor at Lechaion receives connections from:

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Place type:
harbor, port

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, David Meadows, and Tom Elliott, 'Harbor at Lechaion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/364712046> [accessed: 26 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/364712046 |title=Places: 364712046 (Harbor at Lechaion) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 26, 2025 4:35 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}