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- Dimini
- The Mycenaean palace at Dimini
- The palace at Dimini is the most important Mycenaean monument in Thessaly and the only palatial centre in the region. Both the palace and the nearby tholos tombs indicate that Dimini had a ruling class, which controlled the administration, religion and economy, as in the other Mycenaean centres of southern and central Greece. This centre had contacts with the entire Mycenaean world and the eastern Mediterranean, and an advanced system of commercial exchange and supply of raw materials. These contacts ...
- General view of the mycenaean palace
- Sesklo
- The prehistoric settlement of Sesklo occupies an area of 100,000 square metres, which includes the hill of Kastraki and the surrounding plain, dubbed 'acropolis' and 'polis' by Tsountas. The region is criss-crossed by a network of seasonal streams, while the settlement itself is located between two streams, which have badly eroded the site. Remnants of the settlement are now visible on the hilltop (Sesklo A), on the plain to its west (Sesklo B) and in the area northeast of the hill (Sesklo C). They ...more
- Sesklo area
- Demetrias
- The very extensive archaeological site of Demetrias includes the prehistoric settlement at Pefkakia and the Hellenistic, Roman and Late Roman city with its public buildings, palace, private houses, sanctuaries and cemeteries. Much of the city's impressive fortifications still remain. They consist of ramparts and bastions, which culminate in the northwest in a fortified acropolis. In the western part of the city, near the Athens-Volos highway, are the first Hellenistic buildings: the Hero?n, which ...
- Aerial photography of the Demetrias area
- Continuous was the human presence in Nea Anchialos while the important archaeological discoveries prove the development of culture that rendered the region important economic and commercial centre at the antiquity. In the same space where expands the current city, two cities have been developed earlier. Pyrassos and Fthiotides Theves. [read more]
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