Vaphio

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Vaphio, Vafio or Vapheio is an ancient site in Laconia, Greece, on the right bank of the Eurotas, some five miles south of Sparta. It is famous for its tholos or "beehive" tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. This consists of a walled approach, about 97 feet long, leading to a vaulted chamber some 33 feet in diameter, in the floor of which the actual grave was cut. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 37°1'20"N, 22°27'39"E

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Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian IslandsGreece

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Vaphio – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mystras, Pantanassa Monastery, Archaeological Museum of Sparta, Menelaion.

6.2 miNW
Historical place, Town
Mystras, Sparta, Laconia
158 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of Mystras is a museum in Mystras in Greece. In spite of its naming it is classified as a Byzantine museum.
6.2 miNW
Monastery
Pantanassa Monastery, Mystras
157 min walk • The Pantanassa Monastery is a monastery in Mystras, Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, John Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428.
3.9 miNW
History museum, Museum, Archaeological museum
Archaeological Museum of Sparta, Sparta, Laconia
101 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of Sparta is a museum in Sparta, Greece that houses thousands of artifacts from the ancient Acropolis of Sparta and the rest of the municipality of Laconia. It is one of Greece's oldest archaeology museums. The collection's pieces date from the Neolithic to the late Roman era.
3 miN
Historical place, Archaeological site, Ancient Greek architecture
Menelaion, Sparta, Laconia
78 min walk • The archaeological site of Menelaion is located approximately 5 km from the modern city of Sparta. The geographical structure of this site includes a hill complex. The archaic name of the place is mentioned as Therapne.
6.4 miNW
Monastery
Brontochion Monastery, Mystras
162 min walk • Brontochion Monastery is a monastery in Mystras, Greece. The abbot Pachomius incorporated into it the small church of the Hodegetria, or "Aphentikon", as the monastery's catholicon. The church was reconstructed and completed around 1310, with some scholars giving 1308-1312 as the construction dates and others 1310–1322.
6 miNW
Monastery
Peribleptos Monastery, Mystras
153 min walk • The Peribleptos Monastery is a late Byzantine-era monastery in Mystras, Greece. It was probably built in the mid-14th century by the first Despot of the Morea, Manuel Kantakouzenos, and named after one of the most celebrated monasteries of Byzantine Constantinople.
4.4 miN
Ruins
Temple of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Laconia
113 min walk • The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek city-state of Sparta, and continued to be used into the fourth century CE, when all non-Christian worship was banned during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.
5.7 miNW
Town,
Mystras
147 min walk • Mystras or Mistras, also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzithras, is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt.