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Orchomenos (Boeotia)

City / RuinsEuropeGreecec. 1,250 BCEMinyan / Mycenaean

Minyan and Mycenaean centre that rivalled Thebes, anchored by the Treasury of Minyas — a monumental tholos tomb rivalling the Treasury of Atreus, with a ~6 m monolithic inner lintel and a side chamber whose ceiling slab is carved with spirals and floral relief. Above rise 4th-century BC fortification walls on Mt. Akontion; Mycenaean Orchomenos also engineered the draining of Lake Copais, the largest lake in Greece.

38.4931°, 22.9747°

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