Ancient Corinth

A promenade in one of the most important and most wealthy city-states of the ancient world…

The richest city of the ancient world

Built at the foot of Acrocorinthos, with a sight overlooking the beautiful Corinthian gulf, laid the ancient Corinth, also known as “afneios”, meaning rich, due to its fertile land, as mentioned by Homer in the Iliad,. Rich in commercial activity, ancient Corinth reached the height of its economic prosperity during the 7th and 6th centuries, in the era of the tyrant Periander, and is considered as the richest city of the ancient world.

At present, after excavations carried out, the archaeological site of ancient Corinth offers an abundance of temples, baths, arcades, fountains, as well as the city’s Roman Agora.

Ancient Corinth

At the highest point of the archaeological site we find dominating the temple of Apollo, built in 530 BC. At the south, we will be given the opportunity to visit the theater with a capacity of 18,000 seats, the Roman Conservatory, the sanctuary of Asclepius (Asclepieio), cemeteries, workshops, walls, as well as other buildings such as the Frankish Quarter and Ottoman and Venetian monuments.

The homonymous museum of the region is the ornament of ancient Corinth, with its two floors hosting an exhibition about ancient Corinth, ranging from the geometrical years until its destruction by the Romans in 146 BC.