Larisa Fortress (Argolid)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Anika Campbell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Anika Campbell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 06, 2026 04:51 PM
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History
An ancient fortified acropolis of Argos, located on the hill named Larisa, which is located to the northwest of the town. The site is now occupied by a Venetian castle that incorporates or covers architectural and archaeological remains dating from the Mycenaean period through the 19th century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/492759697
37.638, 22.715
- Representative Locations:
- Topostext Location (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Λάρισα (Larisa: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Larisa arx (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Larisa Fortress (Argolid) part of (physical/topographic) Argos (30 BC - AD 300)
- Larisa Castle succeeds Larisa Fortress (Argolid) (unspecified date range)
fort, castle, acropolis, citadel
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Pleiades
Anika Campbell, R. Scott Smith, Brady Kiesling, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Larisa Fortress (Argolid): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/492759697> [accessed: 19 May 2026]
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