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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 Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

This monument, which today is known as the ‘Pyramid’ is locate on the south-western edge of the Argolic plane, close to the sources of the Erasinaos River, in modern Kephalari. The monument was built on one of the major thoroughfares, which in ancient times led from Argos towards Tegea and the rest of Arcadia. It is an imposing building, built entirely from the hard grey limestone of the region, in a trapezoidal and partially polygonal system of large stone slabs. The building is shaped like a tower with sloping sides, which surround a rectangular construction measuring 7.03 by 9.07m. The main entrance to the monument is on the eastern side, facing the sea of the Argolic Gulf. A narrow corridor leads from this entrance through a smaller gate in the south wall to a square room whose sides are about 7m. It is a small fort, which, according to excavated evidence and the characteristic elements of its construction dates from the end of the 4th century BC. Many theories have been put forward as to the use of the monument. The leading one is that it was a small fort of the type that controlled the roadways.