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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)

The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa or Katakekrymeni is located on the rock on the south slope of Larissa Hill. The Church was founded in 1700 on the same site as the ancient temple of Hera. It originally functioned as a monastery, and was in fact so large that is was referred to in a government journal of 1835 as ‘a village of the Municipality of the Argives’. The monastery is connected to various events in the pre-revolutionary and revolutionary periods. From 1798 the church housed Argos’ first school, while in 1822 machinery was transported there with the aim of creating the first mint. Many sacred relics have been found and preserved there, such as the icon of the Presentation of the Theotokos from 1705, and a bible which was published in Venice in 1776. The title of Panaghia Portokalousa seems to come from an old agricultural tradition, according to which the locals either threw oranges (portokalia) at each other or at newlyweds on the feast of the Presentation of the Theotokos, the 23rd November.