The Holy Cross Monastery is located at a distance of 20 km from Corinth near Mapsos village. Holy Cross Monastery of Mapsos was founded in 1989. It is a new monastery, or rather two monasteries, of Agios Nikolaos of the Mountain and of Holy Cross. Its founder is the hieromonk Read more…
Panagia Faneromeni Monastery is located in Chiliomodi village. It is a monastery for women, which dates from the 16th century. It was established in 1700. The monastery is decorated with religious paintings of the Post-Byzantine art. During the Greek War of Independence, the monastery was used as a military camp Read more…
Apostolos Pavlos Church was built in 1932-1934 by the Architect Nikos Kotseronis. The whole idea of the temple’s design came from the temple of Hagia Sophia in Instabul. It is considered to be one of the greatest designs of modern church architecture in Greece and in Balcan and it takes Read more…
Monument of the meeting between the philosopher Diogenes and Alexander the Great depicts the famous historical incident of the meeting between Alexander the Great and the cynic philosopher Diogenes. This meeting was special because it was a meeting between the two extremists, Alexander, who symbolized the high educational level and Read more…
In Eleftherios Venizelos Square in Korinthos there is the Pegasus Statue. Pegasus was the main symbol of Ancient Corinth, being in every Corinthian stater (coin of great value) and today it constitutes an emblem of the municipality of Corinth and the city of Corinth. Pegasus was born by the unification Read more…
Acrocorinth is a natural sight, next to which a small settlement was established named Ephyra and then became the rich city of Corinth. It fortified exemplary and it became the most important fortification of the region since ancient times until today. Its fortification became magnificent between the 7th and 6th Read more…
In the ancient harbor of Lechaion the Basilica of Lechaion was built and was dedicated to the Archbishop of Athens Leonidis, who martyred with 7 women in the middle of the 3rd century, and their bodies were found into the see, where the basilica was built. It is the most Read more…
Corinthians realized that Isthmus was, not only a defense line, but also important for the navigation and specifically that its small width could make it easier to the ships to pass from the Corinthian to Saronic Gulf and vice versa. This would ease the communication between West and East and Read more…
Location: Kyra – Vrysi, P.O. 20 100, Isthmia (Korinthia Region) Tel.:+30 27410 37244 Open hours: Monday: closed Tuesday-Sunday: 08.30-15.00 Ticket: General: €2, Reduced: €1 Archaeological Museum of Isthmia is located next to the extended Archaeological site. It has two rooms with findings of great value from the excavations in Isthmia Read more…
Location: Ancient Corinth, P.O. 20007, Ancient Corinth, Korinthia Open hours: WINTER November 1st to April 10th, 08:00-15:00 SUMMER April 11th to September 30th, 08:00-20:00 October 1st to October 15th, 08:00-19:00 October 16 to October 31st, 08:00-18:00 Ticket: General: €8, Reduced: €4 -valid for Archaeological site and Museum. The Archaeological Museum Read more…