A modern city today with ruins scattered about. Sometimes opposed to Athens sometimes allied. The site of the ancient acropolis of Sparta is the subject if another post.
Sparta is the home of Menelaus and Leonidas. In fact, the 1st picture is the statue of Leonidas that is the counterpart to the statue at Thermopylae (see another post). The 2nd picture is of Leonidas' tomb in the center of Sparta.
The 3rd picture is of the ruins of Greco- Roman baths.
The 4th picture is of the remains of a Byzantine cross-in-square design church.
The last picture is of another Byzantine church. This one was on the basilica styleRead more