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Modern Sparta is the capital of the southern Greek region of Laconia and a center for processing citrus and olives. Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution, which were supposedly introduced by the semi-mythical legislator Lycurgus.
Modern-day Sparta, the capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, lies on the eastern foothills of Mount Taygetos in the Evrotas River valley. The city has been built upon the site of ancient Sparta, whose Acropolis lies north of the modern city. [4] To the southwest stands Mt. Taygetos.
Sparta, ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese, southwestern Greece. The sparsity of ruins from antiquity around the modern city reflects the austerity of the military oligarchy that ruled the Spartan city-state from the 6th to the 2nd century BCE.
Sparta is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city. Map.
8 lut 2023 · Within the citrus-and-olive-tree-filled Eurotas river valley between the Taygetus and the Parnon mountain ranges rests modern-day Sparta (per the Daily Beast). This land is the ancient kingdom of King Menelaus.
3 lut 2023 · This is the perfect day trip from Athens, or day in the Peloponnese. Sparta is of course famous as a warrior nation of ancient Greek history, with King Leonidas, and the 300 warriors who...
Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. Notable Places in the Area. Archaeological Museum of Sparta. Museum. 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.