Messene temple
Messene temple is a ruins in Messene, Messenia. Messene temple is situated nearby to the ruins Entablature of the Doric style, as well as near the archaeological site Treasury House.Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Messene and Treasury House.
Messene
Photo: Rossignol Benoît, CC BY 3.0.
Messene, officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese. It is best known for the ruins of the large classical city-state of Ancient Messene. Messene is situated 200 metres south of Messene temple.
Treasury House
Archaeological site
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Treasury House is an archaeological site.
Agora
Archaeological site
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agora is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mavromati and Arsinoi.
Arsinoi
Village
Arsinoi is a local community of the municipal unit Ithomi, of the municipality of Messini within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided.
Labena
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Labena is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Messene temple.
Messene temple
- Type: Ruins
- Description: architectural remains of the temple of the deified Messene, the pre-Dorian Queen of the land who gave her name to the city of Messene
- Categories: temple, building, and historic site
- Location: Messene, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.17674° or 37° 10′ 36″ northLongitude
21.92032° or 21° 55′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8G935WGC+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 280618731OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q117307249
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Messene temple” goes by many names.
- French: “temple de Messèné à Messène”
- French: “Temple de Messèné à Messène”
- German: “Tempel der Messene”
- Greek: “Ναός της Μεσσάνας, Αρχαία Μεσσήνη”
- Greek: “Ναός της Μεσσάνας”
- Greek: “Ναός της Μεσσήνης”
- Turkish: “Messene Tapınağı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Entablature of the Doric style and Stoa of Meat Market.
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