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Surroundings:

Tragana TholosThrone roomThe courtThe courtOlive oil storeroomsOlive oil storeroomsPantriesPantriesQueen's megaronQueen's MegaronBathroomThrone roomBathroomTholos tomb ivTholos tomb ivTholos tomb ivPylos Mycenaean tombPylos Mycenaean tomb

Location:

  • Greece, Petrochóri
  • geo:36.958313,21.657209
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Rural settlement
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=25387

Annotations

Mythical cave of Nestor, son of Neleus, where the royal cattle were kept. Hermes hid the 50 cattle stolen from Apollo in this cave. Heinrich Schliemann found in there things which dated back to Nestor’s times.


Nearby

Palaiokastro

Palaiokastro

Thrasymedes Tomb

Mycenaean tomb. Tomb of Trasymedes

Petrochori, Ayios Ilias (1 km)

Petrochori, Agios Elias. Middle Helladic grave.


This object was added by Elżbieta on 2016-02-13. Last update by Elżbieta on 2016-02-13. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/25387 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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