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The next two sites listed were the Archeological site of Delphi and the Acropolis of Athens, in the following year. Five sites were added in 1988, two in 1989 and 1990 each, one in 1992, one in 1996, two in 1999, and one in 2007. The most recent site added was the Zagori Cultural Landscape, in 2023. There are no transnational sites in Greece.
The church of Hagia Sophia (on the skyline) at Monemvasia, classed as an ancient (immovable) monument [1] [2]. The cultural heritage (Greek: πολιτιστική κληρονομιά) of Greece, as defined by Law 4858/2021, includes archaeological sites, historical sites, monuments both immovable and movable, and intangible cultural heritage.
This list is of the declared archaeological sites of Greece located within the Ionian Islands region, comprising the regional units of Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaca, Lefkada, and Zakynthos. [ 1 ] Archaeological sites
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis.Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
Category: Historic sites in Greece. 3 languages. ... World Heritage Sites in Greece (8 C, 42 P) This page was last edited on 27 April 2020, at 00:50 (UTC). ...
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During antiquity, the temple was home to the famous Greek prophetess the Pythia, or the Oracle of Delphi, making the Temple of Apollo and the sanctuary at Delphi a major Panhellenic religious site as early as the 8th century B.C.E., and a place of great importance at many different periods of ancient Greek history. [3]
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)