Lerna
In classical Greece, Lerna was a region of springs and a former lake located in the municipality of the same name, near the east coast of the Peloponnesus, south of Argos.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Ruin
- Description: archaeological site in Argolis, Greece
- Also known as: “Lerni” and “Lérni”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include House of the Tiles and Miloi Railway Station.
House of the Tiles
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age building located at the archaeological site of Lerna in southern Greece. It is notable for several architectural features that were advanced for its time during the Helladic period, notably its roof covered by baked tiles, which gave the building its name.
Miloi Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Brbbl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miloi Railway Station is situated 520 metres north of Lerna.
Castle of Lerna
Castle
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Lerna is situated 1 km northwest of Lerna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Myloi and Kiveri.
Myloi
Village
Photo: Jpbrenna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Myloi, is a village in the southwestern part of Argolis, Greece. Myloi was the seat of the former municipality of Lerna. It is 4 km southwest of Nea Kios, 9 km south of Argos and 8 km west of Nafplio.
Kiveri
Village
Photo: Hajo Becker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kiveri is a small village in the municipal unit of Lerna, Argolis, Greece. It is situated on the bay of Argos across from the tourist center of Nafplio. Kiveri is situated 3 km south of Lerna.
Nea Kios
Town
Nea Kios is a small town and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. Nea Kios is situated 4½ km northeast of Lerna.
Lerna
- Categories: archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argos-Mykines, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Lerna” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лерна”
- Catalan: “Lerna”
- Chinese: “勒拿湖”
- Czech: “Lerna”
- Dutch: “Lerna”
- Esperanto: “Lerno”
- Estonian: “Lerna järv”
- Finnish: “Lerna”
- French: “Lerna”
- French: “Lerne”
- German: “Lerna”
- Greek: “Lérna”
- Greek: “Λέρνα”
- Greek: “Λέρνη”
- Hungarian: “Lerna”
- Ido: “Lerna”
- Indonesian: “Lerna”
- Italian: “Lerna”
- Japanese: “レルナ”
- Latin: “Lerna”
- Latvian: “Lerna”
- Lithuanian: “Lerna”
- Polish: “Lerna”
- Russian: “Лерна”
- Slovenian: “Lerna”
- Spanish: “Lerna”
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