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Temple of DIONYSUS, Iria
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Georgia
June 26, 2019
2km from naxian vacation with sea view
Μαρία Maria
April 6, 2021
Temple of Dionysus in Iria, 3 km away from Naxos Town.
Ευαγγελία
June 21, 2019
One of the most important sanctuaries of ancient Naxos, dedicated to the god Dionysus and possibly a female deity of nature, was operated at Yria, south of Naxos town and in the middle of the fertile valley of Livadi, between the 14th century BC (Mycenean era) and the Roman period. Worship was conducted outdoors up until the Middle Geometric period (850-750 BC), when four sequential buildings were constructed with the same orientation. These were designed to serve the permanent and growing needs of the faithful in an area whose swampy geomorphology presented particular difficulties. The last of all buildings at the site, a monumental temple constructed around 580 BC (Archaic period), has been restored in the framework of a joint research program involving the University of Athens and Technical University Munich. The Yria temples on Naxos provide unique and full evidence of the birth of Greek marble island architecture. This temple was converted into a Christian basilica in the 5th or 6th century AD. Frequent floods, however, caused it to be abandoned and worship was transferred to the neighboring church of Agios Georgios. The complex included a restaurant for the faithful. Its initial construction phase dates to the early Archaic period and it was replaced by larger buildings during the Classical and Roman periods. A limited sample of the movable finds found after a long excavation in the area is exhibited in the building of the Museum Collection. Vassilis K. Lamprinoudakis Open daily except Monday 08:30 – 15:00 22850 42325, 22850 22725 22850 227285 Free entrance
One of the most important sanctuaries of ancient Naxos, dedicated to the god Dionysus and possibly a female deity of nature, was operated at Yria, south of Naxos town and in the middle of the fertile valley of Livadi, between the 14th century BC (Mycenean era) and the Roman period. Worship was cond…
Χρήστος
July 30, 2019
At Iria, a location relatively close to Naxos capital, you will find a place of worship devoted to Dionyssos. A well preserved archaeological site in which there are ruins from the temple of Dionyssos collected from the village Glinados and the sea. The temple was founded in the beginning of the 8th century and in it’s place a newer was built around 730 B.C. Another was built around 670 B.C. and an Ionian aroung 575-550 B.C. The God’s worship continued until the Roman age. The temple site will recreate pictures from the long past.
At Iria, a location relatively close to Naxos capital, you will find a place of worship devoted to Dionyssos. A well preserved archaeological site in which there are ruins from the temple of Dionyssos collected from the village Glinados and the sea. The temple was founded in the beginning of the 8th…
Spyridoula
July 22, 2021
Of great historical value!! Visit it!
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