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Surroundings:

ruins of the Lecheon BasilicaCorinth, Lechaion HoardCorinth, Lechaion HoardAmphitheatre CorinthTHE ROMAN AMPHITHEATER OF CORINTH.THE ARENAErastus Stone, CorinthusCorinth TheatreREMAINS OF THE GREEK THEATER OF CORINTHKorinthos, North MarketTemple of ApolloTemple of ApolloTemple of Apollo, CorinthTemple of ApolloFountain of PeireneCorinth Agora PireneCorinth Agora Pirene BoatCorinth Basilica JuliaLechaeum RoadSHOP ON THE ROMAN AGORA OF CORINTHOdeon of Ancient Corinth, supporting foundation of the seatsCorinth OdeonGlauke FountainTHE INSCRIPTION ON BABBIUS ROTUNDACORINTH, BABBIUS ROTUNDAKorinthos, St. Paul`s BemaCORINTH.ST PAUL'S BEMACorinth ShopsCorinth Forum, S. Stoa, BouleuterionTemple ECorinthus, Kraneion Basilica

Location:

  • Greece, Archaío Limáni
  • geo:37.935547,22.887438
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Workshop or industry
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=25214

Annotations

Lechaion placed on the Corinthian Gulf was the main port of Corinthos connected to the city with a set of long walls of about 3 km. It was orriginally arranged in Archaic times (seventh-sixth century BC). The port of Lechaion iwas mentioned by Plutarch in  his testimony on the symposium for the Seven Sages.

tSee:

  1. Socrates Koursoumis - http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=20986
  2. David Gilman Romano, Roman Surveyors in Corinth,  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 150, No. 1 (Mar., 2006), pp.67, 68
  3. Archaeologists connect ancient Corinth's inner and outer harbours, in: Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen - http://humanities.ku.dk/news/2016/archaeologists-connect-ancient-corinths-inner-and-outer-harbours/

Nearby

Lechaion

Lechaion

Battle of Lechaeum in 391 BC

Battle in the Corinthian War.


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