Ancient Mycenae Archaeological Park

Mycenae was one of the most important cities in Greece from the Bronze Age until around 1200 BC. History is still alive today at the ruin site 25 kilometers south of Corinth like in only a few places in the world. An entire cultural epoch was named after the ancient city, which was founded archaically around 1900 BC.

Well-stabilized ruins of the fabled ancient capital.

Mykene, also Mykenai, Mykenä, outdated Mycenae or poetic Myzen (ancient Greek Μυκήνη Mykḗnē or Μυκήνα Mykḗna, also as plural Μυκῆναι Mykḗnai (f. pl.);[1] Latin Mycenae; modern Greek Μυκήννα Cities of Greece, the Mycenaean culture was named after them. The city lay on a hill north of the plain of Argos. From here one surveyed and controlled the land route between the southern Peloponnese and the Isthmus of Corinth, which connects the Peloponnesian peninsula with the rest of the mainland, initially with Attica and Boeotia.