Variká
Variká is a locality in Sparti, Laconia. Variká is situated nearby to the locality Néos Kósmos, as well as near the hamlet Riviotissa, Lakonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Menelaion and Archaeological Museum of Sparta.
Menelaion
Archaeological site
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.
Archaeological Museum of Sparta
Museum
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Sparta, founded in 1875, 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.
Temple of Artemis Orthia
Ruins
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
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. Temple of Artemis Orthia is situated 3 km north of Variká.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparta and Amykles.
Sparta
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sparta is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.
Amykles
Village
Amykles is a village in Laconia, southern Greece. It lies in the plain by the Eurotas river, 6 km south of Sparta, east of the Taygetus mountains, along the Greek National Road 39 from Sparta to Gytheio. Amykles is situated 4 km south of Variká.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. Magoula is situated 4½ km northwest of Variká.
Variká
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Varika”
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.0586° or 37° 3′ 31″ northLongitude
22.44438° or 22° 26′ 40″ eastElevation
175 metres (574 feet)Open location code
8G943C5V+CQGeoNames ID
252262
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In Other Languages
“Variká” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Βαρικά”
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