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Argolidος
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| The county borders the north with the prefecture of Corinth, west and south of the Arcadia prefecture, bordering southeast Argolikos Bay and northeast of the Saronic Gulf. A portion of the region of Argolis, the province Trizoinia falling in Attica with the islands of Poros, Hydra, Spetses and beam. The Argolid was inhabited by Mesolithic Age (8000 BC) and was throughout antiquity one of the most important centers of the Peloponnesus. During the Neolithic Age up major settlements (Lerna, Tiryns, Mycenae), while the Bronze Age the area was highly developed acne and large centers (Midea, Asini, Tiryns, Prosymna), with the most important among them Mycenae, which dominated in throughout the 15th and 14th century. BC and gave their name to one of the brilliant cultural phases of antiquity, the Mycenaean. In the 12th century. BC the region disrupted by migration, and finally ekdorizetai Argos, which develops in Doric Center, subordinate or destroy other Argolikos cities. Archaic and Classical era public sanctuary of Argolis is Iraio south of Mycenae, and in Hellenistic times special radiation becomes the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus. In 146 BC the region dominated by the Romans and decline. The raids of Eroulon (267 AD) and the Goths (395 AD) upheavals will once more the region | |
During the Byzantine era the Argolid was in the
Peloponnese and witness various residues was acne. In early 13th century.
RECEIVED belonged to the Franks and the jurisdiction of Otto de la Ross, ruler
of Athens. For some time belonged to the Venetians and the Turks eventually
crumbled (1540). During the Revolution of 1821 the residents took an active part
and some of the major military operations took place here. Nafplion was the
temporary seat of the revolutionary government and the capital of the newly
established Greek state (1828) until in 1834 transferred to Athens. Today
Argolis is one of the efforoteres areas of Greece and one of the main tourist
centers.
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