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Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Greece
Date of Inscription: 1992
Criteria: (ii)(iii) Prefecture of Samos, Region of the North Aegean N37 41 27 E26 56 36 Ref: 595 |
Brief Description
Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. The remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well as the Heraion, temple of the Samian Hera, can still be seen.
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