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The sanctuary belonged to the small coastal town of Epidaurus, but its fame and recognition quickly spread beyond the limits of the Argolid. It is considered the birthplace of medicine and is thought to have had more than two hundred dependent spas in the eastern Mediterranean. Its monuments, true masterpieces of ancient Greek art, are a precious testimony to the practice of medicine in antiquity. Indeed they illustrate the development of medicine from the time when healing depended solely on the god until systematic description of cases and the gradual accumulation of knowledge and experience turned it into a science.<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2374">more.....</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h6 class="style4">(Source: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Author: Olga Psychogiou, archaeologist)</h6></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h2 class="style6">Fortress of Palamidi</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="style_txt_center" rowspan="2"> <br/> <a title="" href="javascript: openwin('images/sightseeing/Palamidi_bg_641x437.gif',641,437)"> <img alt="Epidaurus" src="images/sightseeing/Palamidi_sm_250x170.gif" class="style5" width="250" height="170"/> Fortress of Palamidi</a></td> <td> <p class="style2"> <strong><span class="style3">Description</span>:</strong> <br/> The castle of Palamidi lies on a high hill (216m. a.s.l.) to the east of Acronauplia which was first fortified by the Venetians during the second Venetian occupation of the area (1686-1715). It is a typical baroque fortress, based on the plans of the engineers Giaxich and Lasalle. In 1715 it was captured by the Turks and remained under their control until 1822, when it was liberated by the Greeks.<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj_id=1604">more.....</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h6 class="style4">(Source: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Author: Olga Psychogiou, archaeologist)</h6></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h2 class="style6">Olympia</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="style_txt_center" rowspan="2"> <br/> <a title="" href="javascript: openwin('images/sightseeing/Olympia_bg_558x421.gif',558,421)"> <img alt="Epidaurus" src="images/sightseeing/Olympia_sm_250x189.gif" class="style5" width="250" height="189"/> <br/>Olympia's Stadium entrance</a></td> <td> <p class="style2"> <strong><span class="style3">Description</span>:</strong> <br/> In western Peloponnese, in the beautiful valley of the Alpheios river, lies the most celebrated sanctuary of ancient Greece. Dedicated to Zeus, the father of the gods, it sprawls over the southwest foot of Mount Kronios, at the confluence of the Alpheios and the Kladeos rivers, in a lush, green landscape. Although secluded near the west coast of the Peloponnese, Olympia became the most important religious and athletic centre in Greece. Its fame rests upon the Olympic Games, the greatest national festival and a highly prestigious one world-wide, which was held every four years to honour Zeus. The origin of the cult and of the festival went back many centuries. Local myths concerning the famous Pelops, the first ruler of the region, and the river Alpheios, betray the close ties between the sanctuary and both the East and West.<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2358">more.....</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h6 class="style4">(Source: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Author: Olympia Vikatou, archaeologist)</h6></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h2 class="style6">Archaeological Museum of Olympia</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="style_txt_center" rowspan="2"> <br/> <a title="" href="javascript: openwin('images/sightseeing/Archeological_Museum_bg_289x421.gif',289,421)"> <img alt="Epidaurus" src="images/sightseeing/Archeological_Museum_sm_137x200.gif" class="style5" width="137" height="200"/> <br/>Praxiteles Hermes</a></td> <td> <p class="style2"> <strong><span class="style3">Description</span>:</strong> <br/> The Archaeological Museum of Olympia, one of the most important museums in Greece, presents the long history of the most celebrated sanctuary of antiquity, the sanctuary of Zeus, father of both gods and men, where the Olympic games were born. The museum's permanent exhibition contains finds from the excavations in the sacred precinct of the Altis dating from prehistoric times to the Early Christian period. Among the many precious exhibits the sculpture collection, for which the museum is most famous, the bronze collection, the richest collection of its type in the world, and the large terracottas collection, are especially noteworthy.<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=7126">more.....</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h6 class="style4">(Source: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Author: Olympia Vikatou, archaeologist)</h6></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h2 class="style8">Optional </h2> <h3 class="style9">(every participant may choose to visit the below places on his own. No particular schedule for these specific visits)</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h2 class="style6">Mycenae</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="style_txt_center" rowspan="2"> <br/> <a title="" href="javascript: openwin('images/sightseeing/Mycenea_bg_601x393.gif',601,393)"> <img alt="Epidaurus" src="images/sightseeing/Mycenea_sm_250x163.gif" class="style5" width="250" height="163"/> <br/>Mycenae</a></td> <td> <p class="style2"> <strong><span class="style3">Description</span>:</strong> <br/> Mycenae 'Rich in Gold', the kingdom of mythical Agamemnon, first sung by Homer in his epics, is the most important and richest palatial centre of the Late Bronze Age in Greece. Its name was given to one of the greatest civilizations of Greek prehistory, the Mycenaean civilization, while the myths related to its history have inspired poets and writers over many centuries, from the Homeric epics and the great tragedies of the Classical period to contemporary literary and artistic creation. Perseus, son of Zeus and Dana?, daughter of Akrisios, king of Argos and descendant of Danaos, is traditionally considered as its mythical founder. Pausanias (2, 16, 3) reports that Perseus named the new city Mycenae after the pommel (mykes) of his sword, which fell there, or after the Perseia spring, discovered there under the root of a mushroom (mykes). According to the myth, Perseus's descendants reigned at Mycenae for three generations. After the last of them, Eurystheas, died childless, the Mycenaeans chose Atreus, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaos, as their king.<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2573">more.....</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h6 class="style4">(Source: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Author: Dr. Alkistis Papadimitriou)</h6></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h2 class="style6">Tiryns</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="style_txt_center" rowspan="2"> <br/> <a title="" href="javascript: openwin('images/sightseeing/Tiryns_bg_560x420.gif',560,420)"> <img alt="Epidaurus" src="images/sightseeing/Tiryns_sm_250x188.gif" class="style5" width="250" height="188"/> <br/>The upper acropolis</a></td> <td> <p class="style2"> <strong><span class="style3">Description</span>:</strong> <br/> The earliest human occupation on the hill goes back to the Neolithic period (about 5000 B.C.). It was followed by successive settlements but their remains have been destroyed almost completely by the extensive construction arrangement of the Mycenaean age. Enough evidence survived from the settlement of the Early Bronze Age (2500-2000 B.C.) to prove the existence then of a series of apsidal houses arranged around a very huge circular building (diam. 28 m) on the summit of the hill.<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2382">more.....</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h6 class="style4">(Source: Hellenic Ministry of Culture. 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