Menelaion

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The archaeological site of Menelaion (translit. Menelaeion) () is located approximately 5 km from the modern city of Sparta. The geographical structure of this site includes a hill complex (Northern hill, Menelaion, Profitis Ilias and Aetos). The archaic name of the place is mentioned as Therapne ().Isokrates, Oration 10.63; Polybius, Histories, 5.14, 21 ff; Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.9. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: 1450
official website: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/gh351.jsp?obj_id=2559

Source: en.wikipedia.org