Some of the most interesting monuments in Greece can be found in Mycenae and truly only the hill of the Acropolis with the Parthenon and Delphi with the oracle can be compared to them. The visitor will spend a lot of time exploring tombs and arches, cisterns and palaces, while next to the monuments there is also an archeological museum that hosts Heinrich Schliemann’s findings, as well as archival documents and photos relevant to the excavations on the site.
The most famous monument is perhaps the Lion Gate that marks the entrance to the archeological site and it is indeed wondrous how such carved rocks can be put into place using techniques lost in time. It should be noted that while the rest of the site was excavated by Schliemann, the Lion Gate was restored by the Greek archeologist Kyriakos Pittakis in 1841.
You will want to see the palace that is up the hill. Few things remain there, however, so it might be more interesting to spend more time at the tombs, where most of the objects that you’ll see in the museum were found, like the renowned Agamemnon’s Mask. Those vaulted tombs belonged to royalty and this is obvious from their construction technique. Finally, you should see the underground cistern, which was part of an ancient water supply system.
Hotels in Peloponnese – AKS Porto Heli
