There are many things to do in the Corinth area, including an adrenaline rushing bungee jump. Plan your adventures with our list of the top attractions in Corinth. Note: Some businesses may be temporarily closed due to recent global health and safety issues.
The idea of building a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth which connects the Peloponnese to the rest of Greece was conceived by the tyrant Periander in the sixth century BC to link the Ionian and Aegean Seas. Its completion, however, didn't come about until the late s after modern Greece gained independence.
Today, the Corinth Canal, which is four kilometers east of modern Corinth, is the city's top attraction. Creating it between and involved an excavation up to 80 meters in depth to create a canal that is 6. The best view of the canal is from the bridge, which carries the road over it.
One of the most interesting features, however, is the submersible bridge at the north-west end. It can be sunk below the surface, allowing smaller ships and sailing boats to pass through after paying a hefty tariff. However, it is too narrow for larger ships. Accommodation: Where to Stay in Corinth.
Ancient Corinth is an important archaeological site, which has revealed many great finds. Once one of the most powerful cities of the Classical world, it came under Roman rule in BC. It is here that St. Paul preached to the people of Corinth in AD , and his experience later inspired him to write the New Testament books of the First Corinthians and Second Corinthians, among the most quoted books of the Bible. Today, amid the archaeological excavations, you can see the ruins of various buildings including temples, a forum, baths, and a basilica.
The most important monument in Ancient Corinth, the imposing Doric Temple of Apollo lies on a low hill and dominates the site. The temple was built around BC, on the site of an earlier seventh-century-BC temple.
Today, only seven monolithic limestone columns remain, but originally there would have been six along the front and back of the temple, and fifteen down each side. In the first century AD, the Romans moved the main entrance into the temple to the west formerly it had been on the east , and they built stoas colonnaded walkways to each side of the temple.
This small museum provides a comprehensive view of finds from the Ancient Corinth archaeological site. Corinth is the second largest city in the periphery of Peloponnese after Kalamata 53, inh. It should be noted the fact that between the census of and that of the city had one of the fastest increasing populations in the country. The Municipality of Corinth or Dimos Korinthion had a population of 36, in The municipality includes the town of Ancient Corinth 1, inh.
The Corinth Canal, carrying ship traffic between the western Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea, is about 4 km east of the city, cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth.
A city square is located next to its port. South of center in the Forum was the rostra considered by many to be the Bema in front of which Paul was brought by the elders of the Jewish community. A second topos for those following the travels of Paul in Greece can be found East of the theatre also remodeled to suit Roman taste. Since the office of Aedile can be pretty much equated with that of Economus , it is thought that this is the Economus Erastus whose greetings Paul forwards in his letter to the Romans.
A hundred years later the form of the Forum remained much the same but with additions such as the Odeion, another temple at the west end of the Forum, shops to the west of the rostra and a new basilica south of the South Stoa. In the Late Roman period Corinth seems to have radically transformed.
Earthquakes in the late 4th century and a social call by Alaric and his Goths seem to have reduced the city. It seems that the great sanctuaries of the Hellenic deities, Demeter and Asklepios, already under legislative pressure to close, did not survive. Efforts were made to refurbish the area of the Forum, however, most notably by reappointing Peirene and the west shops and by converting the central shops into the broadest stairway in the Roman world.
A city wall was laid out encompassing the heart of the city in the early fifth century. The sixth century saw the construction of the first buildings to be dedicated to Christian worship. A huge church, the length of two football fields, was built at Lechaion and smaller basilicas were erected at Kraneion, Skoutela and in the plain just north of the city. What should have been an auspicious time for Christian Corinth fell victim first to bubonic plague with high mortality levels and subsequently a deep economic depression that lasted, in terms of the archaeology, for years.
The Dark Ages started at the end of Antiquity and ended with the floruit of Byzantium. Earliest, Neolithic finds from Corinth area ca. Beginning of continuous settlement 8th century B. Rule of the Bacchiads. Commercial and industrial development. Corinthian pottery widespread around Mediterranean. Rule of tyrant Kypselos and his son Periander. Currently visible Temple of Apollo built — B.
Peloponnesian War Peace of Nikias — B. Corinthian War — B. City held by the Macedonians B. Acrocorinth taken by the Achaian commander Aratos with men B.
Corinth sacked by Mummius after ill-judged war against Rome 44 B. Paul visits Corinth A. Many public buildings built under patrons including Herodes Atticus Later 4th century A. Besides the road, we know that there was an ancient market, temples, arcades, fountains, shops, bathhouses, a theater, cemeteries, and other important buildings. This city-state thrived until around B. However, rather than leave it as is, they decided to rebuild it. In 44 B. Later on, the Apostle Paul traveled here to spread the word about Jesus Christ.
Much of his efforts have been documented in the Book of Corinthians in the Holy Bible. Even still, Corinth was still one of the major city-states in Ancient Greece.
It is also important to note that there are parts of Corinth that are still standing today.
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