Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae
Ruins · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 419 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.430, 21.900
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: древнегреческое святилище, посвящённое Аполлону Эпикурейскому
History
Bassae is an archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was part of Arcadia. Bassae lies at an elevation of 1,131 m above sea level on the slopes of Cotylion Mountain. near the village of Skliros, northeast of Figaleia, south of Andritsaina and west of Megalopolis. It is famous for the well-preserved mid- to late-5th century BC Temple of Apollo Epicurius.