Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: sanctuary at Sparta
- Also known as: “Ortheia sanctuary”, “Sanctuary of Artemis”, and “sanctuary of Artemis Orthia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Sparta and Menelaion.
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 1 km south of Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia.
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. Menelaion is situated 2½ km southeast of Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparta and Magoula.
Sparta
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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.
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 2½ km west of Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia.
Kladas
Village
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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. Kladas is situated 3 km north of Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia.
Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia
- Categories: hieron, ancient Greek temple, archaeological site, and tourism
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.08275° or 37° 4′ 58″ northLongitude
22.43523° or 22° 26′ 7″ eastElevation
195 metres (640 feet)Open location code
8G943CMP+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 5659916221OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Santuari d’Àrtemis Ortia”
- Chinese: “阿尔忒弥斯奥提亚圣殿”
- Chinese: “阿尔忒弥斯耳缇亚圣地”
- Chinese: “阿爾忒彌斯耳緹亞聖地”
- Dutch: “heiligdom van Artemis Orthia”
- Dutch: “Heiligdom van Artemis Orthia”
- Finnish: “Artemis Orthian pyhäkkö”
- French: “sanctuaire d’Artémis Orthia à Sparte”
- French: “Sanctuaire d’Artémis Orthia”
- German: “Heiligtum der Artemis Orthia”
- German: “Heiligtum von Orthias Artemis”
- Greek: “Ιερό Αρτέμιδος Ορθίας”
- Greek: “Ιερό Ορθίας Αρτέμιδος”
- Greek: “Ιερό της Ορθίας Αρτέμιδος”
- Italian: “santuario di Artemide Ortia”
- Japanese: “アルテミス・オルティアの聖域”
- Latvian: “Artemīdas Ortijas svētnīca”
- Russian: “храм Артемиды Ортии”
- Russian: “храм Артемиды Орфии”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Svetilište Artemide Ortije”
- Slovenian: “Tempelj Artemide Ortije”
- Spanish: “santuario de Artemisa Ortia”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Artemisa Ortia”
- Swedish: “Artemis Orthias helgedom”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia”. Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.