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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 Ancient Agora of Argos

The Agora was established on a flat stretch of land east of Larissa Hill. It was the centre of public life in the ancient city of Argos. The traveller Pausanias, who visited the city in the 2nd century AD, provides a detailed description of all the monuments and public buildings that ornamented this area. A section of the ancient Agora was uncovered by the French School of Archaeology in 1952 during excavations which continue to the present day in cooperation with the 4th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of the Ministry of Culture. According to literary evidence and the finds of the excavations, work on the creation of the Agora began during the 6th century BC and was finished in the 4th Century BC. The public nature of the area was abolished towards the end of the 4th century BC and the place of the great monuments was gradually taken by residences and workshops.