Phaistos
Faistos, Greece
Phaistos is the second great Minoan palace of Crete, set on a ridge above the Messara plain 62 km south of Heraklion.
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Oldest ancient sites in Greece
Greece's oldest entries are dated from their first palaces, not from the earliest people on the spot. Phaistos, Knossos and the Palace of Malia, all on Crete, head the list with Minoan palaces of about 2000 to 1900 BC, although Phaistos was settled by around 3600 BC and Knossos far earlier, in the Neolithic. Mycenae follows with its Cyclopean walls of about 1350 BC. Ancient Olympia is dated by the traditional first Games of 776 BC, and the Ancient Agora of Athens closes the list from the sixth century BC.
| # | Site | Country | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phaistos | Greece | 2000 BC |
| 2 | Malia Palace | Greece | 1900 BC |
| 3 | Knossos | Greece | 1900 BC |
| 4 | Mycenae | Greece | 1350 BC |
| 5 | Ancient Sparta | Greece | 950 BC |
| 6 | Ancient Thera | Greece | 850 BC |
| 7 | Heraion of Perachora | Greece | 850 BC |
| 8 | Ancient Eleutherna | Greece | 850 BC |
| 9 | Ancient Olympia | Greece | 776 BC |
| 10 | Ancient Agora of Athens | Greece | 550 BC |
Malia Palace
Malia, Greece
Malia is the third largest Minoan palace on Crete, on the north coast about 40 km east of Heraklion and 3 km from the…
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Knossos
Heraklion, Greece
Knossos is the largest Minoan palace on Crete, 5 km south of Heraklion, built from about 1900 BC on a hill that had…
111 tickets & tours
Mycenae
Mykines, Greece
Mycenae is the hilltop citadel of the Bronze Age kings who dominated Greece around 1350 BC and gave their name to…
57 tickets & tours
Ancient Sparta
Sparta, Greece
Ancient Sparta is the archaeological park on the low acropolis hill at the north edge of the modern town, in the…
2 tickets & tours
Ancient Thera
Santorini, Greece
Ancient Thera is the ruined Greek city on the ridge of Mesa Vouno in Santorini, about 360 metres above the black-sand…
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Heraion of Perachora
Perachora, Greece
The Heraion of Perachora is a sanctuary of Hera set around a small cove at the tip of the Perachora peninsula, about 14…
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Ancient Eleutherna
Rethymno, Greece
Ancient Eleutherna is a Greek city-state on a steep ridge below Mount Ida in central Crete, about 25 km south-east of…
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Ancient Olympia
Olympia, Greece
Ancient Olympia is the sanctuary of Zeus in the western Peloponnese where the Olympic Games were held every four years…
89 tickets & tours
Ancient Agora of Athens
Athens, Greece
The Ancient Agora of Athens was the civic heart of the classical city, the square below the Acropolis where citizens…
5 tickets & tours