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Koroni, Porto RaftiKoroni Peninsula Archaeology
Peninsula with ancient fortification and settlement remains whose interpretation is debated.
History
Brauron, a Frankish tower, and a farming town that grew around its vineyards.
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The land of Markopoulo Mesogaias has been settled since antiquity. At Brauron, on the eastern coast, stood one of the most important sanctuaries of Artemis in Attica, where young Athenian girls served the goddess in the rites of the Arkteia.
In the centuries that followed, the plain was farmed and planted with vines. The Frankish tower of Liada is one of the few standing traces of the medieval landscape, while the town itself took shape as the agricultural centre of the Mesogeia.
Modern Markopoulo kept both identities: a wine town on the plain and a municipality that reaches the sea at Porto Rafti and Vravrona.
Stätten und Denkmäler
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Vravrona countrysideMedieval Tower of Vravrona
Medieval stone tower on a low hill among cultivated fields.
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Perati, Porto RaftiMycenaean Cemetery of Perati
Late Mycenaean chamber-tomb cemetery; current visitor access is unverified.
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Raftis islet, Porto RaftiRaftis Statue
Monumental ancient statue on Raftis islet; the identity of the figure remains debated.
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Archaeological Site of Brauron
The sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia, one of the oldest and most revered in Attica, bound up with Iphigenia and the rite of the “little bears”.
Museum
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Built in 1962 beside the sanctuary: votive reliefs, statues of children, toys, mirrors and rare wooden offerings preserved by the marsh.
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Frankish Tower of Liada
A medieval tower, probably 13th century, on Liada hill beside the Byzantine church of the Taxiarches.