What is left of ancient Sparta, Greece?

Question

I love Greek history, especially that of the ancient city of Sparta.

Has anyone on Yahoo Answers ever visited the area where Sparta was? What is left?

Answer 1

The answerer above mentions the Byzantine-medieval town of Mystras which is not ancient Sparta.In Sparta itself you can visit ruins of the temple and altar of Artemis Orthia-meaning Artemis Standing where young boys had to remain standing as through "torture" they entered manhood.Also on top of a low hill ruins of an ancient theater.The Spartans lived a simple life and did not care to build structures to show off.Anyhow the modern city of Sparta was built above the remains of the ancient town in the 1800s.If you ever visit,the museum in downtown Sparta is superb.Outside the town , ruins of a Mycenaean Greek palace of the 2ND millennium have been found recently.This is believed to be the palace of Menelaus and Helen,for the eyes of whom the War of Troy begun...
Sparta is a wonderful town to visit.

Answer 2

The ruins of the mountaintop fortress city of Sparta are stunning and are well worth the visit. First, it is a fantastic historic site and just being there does great things for a history junky. You will better understand what it was like to be a Spartan. Second, the climb through the ruins and several churches and monestaries will impress you with what it was like to have to live on a mountaintop for safety, as all ancient peoples (with any sense) did. Third, it is not swamped with tourist like most other sites. Finally, the view from the top is spectacular. Just sit on the rugged wall overlooking the cliff (if you dare) and take it all in.

After your visit, by all means take the highway west out of Sparta (there is only one) to Kalamata to see some of the most beautiful mountains in Greece. Or alternatively, go south on E 961 through the Sparta valley, then turn east at Hania to the town of Monemvassia on the coast. Plan to spend a full day there, and the night if you can. It is the Greek equivalent of Mt. Saint Michelle without the tourist traps.

Answer 3

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What is left of ancient Sparta, Greece?
I love Greek history, especially that of the ancient city of Sparta.

Has anyone on Yahoo Answers ever visited the area where Sparta was? What is left?

Answer 4

To be honest, not much is left of ancient Sparta. As a lover of Greek history, I'm sure you realize that they were more focused on militarization and were not builders like the Athenians. I've been there a few times, and I was disappointed to see that all that remained was a few walls. The important thing is to remember that we still have other things the Spartans gave us, like the military phalanx, etc.

Answer 5

Hello dear!
You are correct! Not much has been left from ancient Lacedemonia/ Sparta! Thanks to Mother Earth, some monuments were covered before Christianity, so they were preserved and now archaeologists are discovering them now!
Also, pieces are found on Christian buildings, mainly churches. Further, the foundations of protochristianic temples are the foundation of Greek temples.
Thus, as time proceeds, more and more Spartan and other Greek monuments and finding are un-earthed!

Answer 6

you just want like points of interest? then: athens was the naval superpower of greece athens defended all of greece against a persian expeditionary force at marathon. odyseus was a kickass storyteller and hero, there were other heros like helikaon and arguriuos alexander the great was a greek

Answer 7

Our whole Representative and in fact the whole society is based on Greeks...

All come from them ; Congress, Senate, House of communes,
Magistrate, Lawyer ,and so much more...

Answer 8

Hello!
Only very little and very large! Very little that barbarians did not noticed and very large they could not destroy!