Lion Gate
Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands · Greece
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Spring and autumn
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
This monumental entrance to the citadel of Mycenae is crowned by two carved lionesses flanking a column. Dating to around 1250 BC, it is the earliest known monumental sculpture in mainland Europe.
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