Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos

East Samos Municipality · Greece

Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos, Greece
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Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. The remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well as the Heraion, temple of the Samian Hera, can still be seen.

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