Bassae
Bassae is an archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was part of Arcadia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Bassæ” and “Temple of Apollo Epicurius”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Apollo Epicurius.
Temple of Apollo Epicurius
Ruins
Bassae is an archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was part of Arcadia. Temple of Apollo Epicurius is situated 250 metres south of Bassae.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skliros and Kakaletri.
Skliros
Village
Skliros is a village in the municipality of Oichalia, Messenia, southern Greece. In its district lies the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. It is 5 km south of Andritsaina, 4 km northwest of Kakaletri and 20 km west of Megalopoli.
Kakaletri
Village
Kakaletri is a village in the municipality of Oichalia, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. The name is related to the Greek family name "Kakaletris", which is often met in places around the village, including Pyrgos, Kalamata and Sparti. Kakaletri is situated 4 km southeast of Bassae.
Perivolia
Village
Photo: Ppantazisgr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Perivolia is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Bassae.
Bassae
- Categories: locality, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Oichalia, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.43182° or 37° 25′ 55″ northLongitude
21.8998° or 21° 53′ 59″ eastElevation
1,134 metres (3,720 feet)Open location code
8G93CVJX+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 280893622OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
7627580Wikidata ID
Q464923
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bassae” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باساي”
- Arabic: “باسيه”
- Bulgarian: “Баса”
- Bulgarian: “Храм на Аполон в Баса”
- Bulgarian: “Храм на Аполон Епикур”
- Catalan: “Basses”
- Catalan: “Temple d’Apol·lo”
- Chinese: “巴賽”
- Chinese: “巴赛的阿波罗·伊壁鸠鲁神庙”
- Chinese: “阿波羅·伊比鳩魯神廟”
- Croatian: “Apolonov hram kod Bassae”
- Croatian: “Hram Apolona Epikura u Bassai”
- Czech: “Apollónův chrám v Bassae”
- Czech: “Apollónův chrám v Bassai”
- Czech: “Bassae”
- Czech: “Bassai”
- Dutch: “Bassae”
- Finnish: “Bassai”
- French: “Bassae”
- French: “Bassæ”
- French: “Temple d’Apollon à Bassae”
- Galician: “Bassæ”
- Georgian: “აპოლონის ტაძარი”
- German: “Apollontempel bei Bassae”
- German: “Bassae”
- German: “Epikurion”
- German: “Phigalia”
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Βασσών”
- Greek: “Βάσσαι”
- Greek: “Βάσσες Φιγαλείας”
- Greek: “Βάσσες”
- Greek: “Ναός Επικούριου Απόλλωνα”
- Hebrew: “מקדש אפולו אפיקוריוס בבאסאי”
- Hindi: “बासा”
- Hungarian: “Apollón Epikuriosz temploma”
- Italian: “Bassae”
- Italian: “Bassai”
- Italian: “Tempio di Apollo Epicurio”
- Italian: “Vassai”
- Italian: “Vasses”
- Japanese: “バッサイ”
- Latvian: “Basaja”
- Latvian: “Bassa”
- Lithuanian: “Apolono Epikurijo šventykla”
- Macedonian: “Баса”
- Mazanderani: “باسای”
- Mingrelian: “აპოლონიშ ოხვამე”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Apollo Epicurius-templet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Apollo Epikourios-templet”
- Norwegian: “Apollon Epikourios-templet”
- Persian: “بسی”
- Polish: “Bassae”
- Polish: “Bassai”
- Polish: “Bassaj”
- Polish: “Vasses”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Apolo Epicuro em Bassas”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Apolo”
- Romanian: “Bassae”
- Russian: “Бассе”
- Russian: “Бассы”
- Russian: “Вассе”
- Russian: “Храм Аполлона в Бассах”
- Serbian: “Храм Аполона Епикура у Баси”
- Serbian: “Храм Аполона Епирског”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Apolona Epikurejskog u Basi”
- Slovak: “Apollónov chrám”
- Slovak: “Bassai”
- Slovak: “Vasses”
- Slovenian: “Basa”
- Slovenian: “Bassae”
- Spanish: “Bassae”
- Spanish: “Bassæ”
- Spanish: “Vasses”
- Swedish: “Bassae”
- Tatar: “Бассэ”
- Turkish: “Bassae”
- Ukrainian: “Басси”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Аполлона в Бассах”
- Venetian: “Bazae”
- Vietnamese: “Đền thờ Apollo ở Bassae”
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