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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 - Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times

Prophet Elias Hill, the so-called Shield, was inhabited for the first time at the end of the Neolithic Period, from 3,500BC onwards. During the Mesoelladic Period, the period from 200-1600BC, an organised settlement was created, which covered an area of 20,000m² in four phases of construction. An arch and two rectangular houses date from the 3rd phase which covers the period from 1800-1700BC. During the 4th phase, the period from 1700-1600BC, a complex of rectangular buildings was built around the settlement and functioned as a fortified enclosure for the protection of the inhabitants. The settlement was abandoned during the early Mycenaean Period, during 1600BC, when the inhabitants decided to move their activities to the plane to the east of the hill. During the early Mycenaean Period, in around 1500BC, a graveyard was organised on the saddleback between the two hills called Deirada. It was in use for about 400 years until the late Bronze Age. Apart from the 40 chamber tombs there were also 30 carved into the natural rock.