Messíni, Greece
Messene
Messene, officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese. It is best known for the ruins of the large classical city-state of Ancient Messene. The site was founded in the Bronze Age as Ithome, an ancient city originally of Achaean Greeks which eventually came under the hegemony of the military state of Sparta with which it had a long struggle.
- City
- Messíni
- Country
- Greece
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
Background: Wikipedia