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Ancient Regions of Peloponnese (southern mainland Greece). The Peloponnese or Peloponnesos, is a large peninsula at the southern tip of the Balkans, and part of the traditional heartland of Greece. It is joined to the Greek 'mainland' by the Isthmus of Corinth. The Peloponnese is conventionally divided into seven regions, which remain in use as ...
The Peloponnese possesses many important archaeological sites dating from the Bronze Age through to the Middle Ages. Among the most notable are: Bassae‡ (ancient town and the temple of Epikourios Apollo and Greece's first UNESCO World Heritage Site) Corinth (ancient city) Diros caves (4000 – 3000 BC)
English: Map of Peloponnese, Greece, with the sites of major importance during the Middle Ages. Français : Carte du Péloponnèse , Grèce, avec principaux sites du Moyen Âge. UTM projection; WGS84 datum
The Arcadians were an ancient Greek tribe which was situated in the mountainous Peloponnese. It is considered one of the oldest Greek tribes in Greece and it was probably part of, or a relative tribe of, the aboriginal inhabitants of Greece, who are mentioned by the ancient authors as Pelasgians. [1]
Since 1893 the Corinth Canal has run through the 6.3 km (3.9 mi) wide isthmus, effectively making the Peloponnese an island. Today, two road bridges, two railway bridges and two submersible bridges at both ends of the canal connect the mainland side of the isthmus with the Peloponnese side. Also a military emergency bridge is located at the ...
Achaea (/ ə ˈ k iː ə /) or Achaia (/ ə ˈ k aɪ ə /), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia [2] (Αχαΐα, Akhaḯa), is one of the regional units of Greece.It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.
Nemea (/ ˈ n iː m i ə /; Ancient Greek: Νεμέα; Ionic Greek: Νεμέη) is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece.Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in ancient Argolis, it is today situated in the regional unit of Corinthia.
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