Palaiopolis Travel Guide

 StefanosS Says:  Altough the old city was inhabited until the late Byzantine age, almost nothing has been preserved from it but the surrounnding Walls. The Sanctuary of the Great Gods was outside the Walls, and was not the official holy place of the city.The Walls, dated between the 6th and... 

 StefanosS Says:  Many other buildings stood around, like the Stoa, housing the pilgrims-visitors, the Restaurant for ceremonial dinners, the Theatre, votive buildings, auxiliary buildings, the Cemetery etc.In the photo a cluster of buildings of indeterminable use. At the corner there is a... 

 StefanosS Says:  It was a rectangular structure facing to the north, where the famous statue of Niki of Samothraki stood, attached on a ship's prow (the statue is now exhibited in the Louvre Museum). Some arcaeologists believe that the base of the statue was also a fountain. Dated to the... 

 StefanosS Says:  Circular area with five encircling steps on which the spectators stood, watching or participating in the proceedings. Dated to the end of the 5th or the beginning of the 4th century BC. 

 StefanosS Says:  This building was used for initiation into the first degree of the Mysteries, called the Myesis. It is dated to the early Imperial period (1st century AD). 

 StefanosS Says:  The monument was offered to the Great Gods by Ptolemy II Philadelphos. Dated between 285 and 281 BC. 

 StefanosS Says:  It was dedicated to the gods by queen Arsinoe, the wife of king Lysimachos and is the largest circular building known from Greek antiquity. Dated to 288-281 BC. 

 StefanosS Says:  The Hieron was the second important building of the sanctuary, after the Temple. It was used for the initiation into the second, higher degree of the Mysteries, called Epopteia. Dated to 325-150 BC. Five columns and the central architraves of the facade of the "Hieron" were... 

 StefanosS Says:  The Temenos (Temple), known also as the Building with the Dancers was an imposing structure of commanding position on the site and was actually the centre of the cult of the Great Gods. It was the earliest and largest marble building in the sanctuary and its walls were...