Tegea Folklore Museum

Tegea Folklore Museum is a museum in Tripoli, Arcadia. Tegea Folklore Museum is situated nearby to Tegea Archaeological Park, as well as near the archaeological site Altar of the Roman Emperor’s Cult.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tegea and Episkopi church at Tegea.

Tegea

Archaeological site

Photo: Gregor Hagedorn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tegea was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area of 118.350 km2. Tegea is situated 180 metres north of Tegea Folklore Museum.

Episkopi church at Tegea

Church

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Episkopi church at Tegea is situated 160 metres northeast of Tegea Folklore Museum.

Temple of Athena Alea

Ruins

Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Temple of Athena Alea was a sanctuary at Tegea in Ancient Greece, dedicated to Athena under the epithet Athena Alea; a syncretization between the Olympian goddess Athena and the local deity Alea. Temple of Athena Alea is situated 1 km southwest of Tegea Folklore Museum.