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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 - Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A

Very close to Argos’ large theatre, on the south-eastern side, there remains to the present day a very high stone wall, 11m in height, which belonged to the Roman baths, a large bathing complex that was founded on the site of a temple dedicated to the god Serapis. The worship of Serapis, and Egyptian deity, was brought into Greece in around 280BC by Ptolemy I the Saviour, the heir of Alexander the Great. The this deity was a conglomeration of ancient Greek and Egyptian gods such as Pluto, Asklipios, Amon-Zeus and the Nile. The Serapeio, which was founded in 100BC right next to the large theatre, was the most important building in Argos during the Roman era. It was designed as a large columned courtyard with three chambers along the length of the west side, and a large chamber that ended in an arch. On the inside there was a crypt that connected to an underground passageway and contained three porous stone sarcophagi. During the time of the emperor Hadrian, between 117 and 136 AD, a baths and a sanatorium, known as the Asklipeio, were established on the same site and the god of healing Asklipios replaced Serapis.