Southern Greece, Peloponnese

Southern Greece, Peloponnese
Νότιος Ελλάδα, Πελοπόννησος

The Peloponnese (known as Moreas or Maurice) is the largest peninsula of Greece and one of the nine geographic regions. Located south of the mainland of the country and linked to mainland Greece by a narrow strip of land, the Isthmus of Corinth







The theater of Epidavros

In a ravine, in 340 BC, Argos architect Polykleitos the Younger built, according to Pausanias, the theater of Epidaurus. Of all the ancient theater of Epidaurus, the theater is the most beautiful and best preserved. Conceived for the fun of the patients had a capacity of 13,000 spectators. Divided into two parts. A-21 rows of seats for the people and the bottom 34 rows of seats for the priests and rulers.