Kladas

Kladas is a small village which is located about 5 kilometers north of the city of Sparta and belongs to the municipality of Sparta. The village was named after Krokodeilos Kladas, a medieval Greek military leader.

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Type: Village with 477 residents
Description: village in Laconia, Greece
Also known as: “Kladas, Greece”, “Kládha”, “Kladhas”, and “Kladhás”
Postal code: 23100

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Artemis Orthia and Archaeological Museum of Sparta.

Temple of Artemis Orthia

Ruins

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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 south of Kladas.

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. Archaeological Museum of Sparta is situated 3½ km south of Kladas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sparta and Magoula.

Sparta

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Sparta is a city and municipality in the Peloponnese region of Greece, and the capital of the Laconia regional unit. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley.

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 4 km southwest of Kladas.