Messene

settlement · 550 BC – 2099 AD

The ancient capital of Messenia; its excavated monumental remains lie immediately south and west of the modern Greek village of Mavrommati.

Coordinates

37.17530, 21.92005

Also known as

Ithome, Mavromati (en), Mavromati (en), Mavrommati, Mavrommáti (el), Messini (Kalamata) (deu), Αρχαία Μεσσήνη (ell), Ιθώμη (grc), Μαυρομμάτι (el), Μεσσήνη (ell)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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