en
gr
it
de
fr
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 South Arcade and Palaestra

A long building (P) was built between 450-425 BC to the east of the Hypostyle chamber. It was framed by arcades on three sides: the north, east and west. The façade of the building was in the shape of a square arch and there was an internal columned courtyard, 59 by 11m in size. The arcade to the north side consisted of 40 Doric columns and was 83m long and 5.60m wide. The arcade to the east had 11 columns, while the arcade to the west has not yet been excavated. During the 1st century AD a wrestling school or palaestra (PG) was established in this building. According to a document of the time from Augustus, it was one of three gymnasiums in Argos. During the 3rd century BC the façade of the north arcade (PR) was extended to the Hypostyle Chamber and housed shops. In the building’s west wing there were baths with under floor heating and swimming pools (PT). The public nature of this place and the whole of the Agora was abolished in the 4th century AD, when private residences and workshops were built here.