Grave Circle A
Grave Circle A is a 16th-century BC royal cemetery situated to the south of the Lion Gate, the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in southern Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: 16th-century BC royal cemetery in southern Greece
- Also known as: “Grave Circle A, Mycenae”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mycenae and Lion Gate.
Mycenae
Mycenae is a town in the Peloponnese, Greece. It's home to the ancient Acropolis of Mycenae, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is one of Greece's most renowned archaeological sites, dating to the 2nd millennium BC.
Lion Gate
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Lion Gate is the popular modern name for the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in Southern Greece. It was erected during the thirteenth century BC, around 1250 BC, in the northwestern side of the acropolis.
Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Museum
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Archaeological Museum of Mycenae is situated 150 metres north of Grave Circle A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mykines and Monastiraki.
Monastiraki
Village
Monastiraki is a village in Argolis prefecture, built on the foot of mount Evia, between two low hills. It is located adjacent to ancient Mycenae and the Heraion of Argos, with a view of the entire Argolic plain. Monastiraki is situated 3 km south of Grave Circle A.
Koutsopodi
Village
Koutsopodi is a town and a 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. Koutsopodi is situated 6 km southwest of Grave Circle A.
Grave Circle A
- Categories: grave and historic site
- Location: Argos-Mykines, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.7305° or 37° 43′ 50″ northLongitude
22.75645° or 22° 45′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8G94PQJ4+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 146792285OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q5597783
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Grave Circle A” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cercle de tombes A”
- Chinese: “墓地圈A, 邁錫尼”
- Chinese: “邁錫尼圓形墓地A”
- French: “Cercle funéraire A”
- German: “Gräberrund A”
- Greek: “Ταφικός κύκλος Α΄”
- Greek: “Ταφικός Περίβολος Α‘”
- Greek: “Ταφικός Περίβολος Α’”
- Italian: “Circolo A”
- Italian: “Tomba circolare A”
- Spanish: “Circulo de tumbas A”
- Spanish: “Círculo de tumbas A”
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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 “Grave Circle A”. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.