The Walls of Polycrates, 6430 meters long, protected the ancient city of Samos and enclosed an area of 1.2 sq. km. Their few remaining parts still impress visitors.

Under Polycrates' rule, Samos reached the height of its power and greatness. It built up a navy of 100 ships, each with 50 oars. It had 1,000 archers and kept up this force in time of peace.

May 21, 2018 · The walls linining the hills of Ambelou (Kastri) in Kasteli, at a total length of 6430m with a circumference of 1,2km squared, in which a city was set up. Carved, rectangular blocks, weighing several tons each were the main materials used for construction.

The Walls of Polycrates, 6430 meters long, protected the ancient city of Samos and enclosed an area of 1.2 sq. km. Their few remaining parts still impress visitors.

Oct 15, 2020 · The island of Samos, located in the eastern Aegean Sea, has a long and rich history. Its remains are in the ancient ruins of the sanctuaries, walls, and old buildings on the whole island. After numerous archaeological excavations, a large part of various objects and statues are now kept in two archaeological museums, in Vathy and Pythagorion.

Fortification wall of Samos ancient city, classified World Heritage Monument by UNESCO since 1992 integration within the wider region of Pythagoreion.

The Pythagoreion is the archaeological site of the ancient town of Samos in Samos, Greece. It is located in the area of the modern town of Pythagoreio, from which it has got its modern name. The archaeological site contains ancient Greek and Roman monuments and a famous ancient tunnel, the Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct.

The ancient city occupied the site of the modern village of Tigani, and was enclosed together with the port by a 6th c. wall with a perimeter of 6.7 km, of square and polygonal masonry, provided with gates and with circular and rectangular towers.

Samos (/ ˈseɪmɒs /, [2] also US: / ˈsæmoʊs, ˈsɑːmɔːs /; [3][4][5] Greek: Σάμος, romanized: Sámos, Greek pronunciation: [ˈsa.mos]) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the 1.6-kilometre-wide (1.0 mi) Mycale St...

The Tunnel of Eupalinos, the renovation of the theater, the construction of the port in the ancient town of Samos, the extension of the walls – “Polykrateia Teichi”, the Temple of Hera, which at his time, took its final magnificent form.