Polyrrhenia

City / RuinsEuropeGreecec. 600 BCEDorian Cretan

Amphitheatre-like acropolis city above Kissamos in northwest Crete, its fortification walls still standing 3-5.5 m high in a mix of Hellenistic coursed work and later rebuilds over older masonry. Rock-cut chambers and cisterns honeycomb the hill, with a temple of Dictynna and a Hadrianic aqueduct.

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