Menelaion
The archaeological site of Menelaion is located approximately 5 km from the modern city of Sparta. The geographical structure of this site includes a hill complex. The archaic name of the place is mentioned as Therapne.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Notable Places in the Area
Archaeological Museum of Sparta
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Sparta, founded in 1875, is a museum in Sparta, Greece that houses thousands of artifacts from the ancient Acropolis of Sparta and the rest of the municipality of Laconia. Archaeological Museum of Sparta is situated 2 km northwest of Menelaion.
Temple of Artemis Orthia
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one… Temple of Artemis Orthia is situated 2½ km northwest of Menelaion.
Localities in the Area
Sparta
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sparta is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece.
Magoula
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. Magoula is situated 4½ km west of Menelaion.Amykles
Amykles is a village in Laconia, southern Greece. It lies in the plain by the Eurotas river, 6 km south of Sparta, east of the Taygetus mountains, along the Greek National Road 39 from Sparta to Gytheio. Amykles is situated 5 km south of Menelaion.Menelaion
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: an archaeological site near modern Sparta, Greece
- Categories: hieron, historic site, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.06603° or 37° 3' 58" northLongitude
22.45416° or 22° 27' 15" eastOpen Location Code
8G943F83+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1135782205OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q23069794Menelaion Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Մենելայոն, Սփարթի
- Chinese: 墨涅拉俄斯庙
- Chinese: 墨涅拉俄斯廟
- Dutch: Menelaion, Sparta
- Egyptian Arabic: معبد مينيلون
- Finnish: Menelaion
- French: Ménélaion
- German: Menelaion
- Greek: Θεράπνη
- Greek: Ιερό Μενελάου και Ελένης
- Greek: Μενελάειον
- Greek: Μενελάειον Σπάρτης
- Japanese: メネライオン
- Spanish: Menelaion
- Western Armenian: Մենելայոն, Սփարթի
Other Places Named Menelaion
Landmarks in the Area
- ΜΕΛ ΣΠΑΡΤΗ - EL254001017Government office, 800 metres northwest
- University of PeloponneseUniversity, 1¼ km west
- Α΄ Νεκροταφείο ΣπάρτηςCemetery, 1½ km west
- Πλατεία ΟμονοίαςRecreation area, 1½ km west
- Πλατεία Σαϊνόπουλου2 km west
Places in the Area
- Βιολογικός Καθαρισμός ΣπάρτηςWastewater treatment plant, 1 km northwest
- ΝικητέαςBakery, 1¼ km northwest
- SHELLPetrol station, 1½ km northwest
- ΤσελέκηςCarpenter, 2 km northwest
- Pizza LouisRestaurant, 2 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Menelaion. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.