Verified36.5170° N · 22.9887° E · -3 m
Pavlopetri
Pavlopetri Submerged City
Early Helladic to Late Minoan·Minoan-influenced / Mycenaean·🇬🇷 Peloponnese, Laconia, Elafonisos, Greece
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About
About Pavlopetri
World's oldest known submerged town (c.3500–2800 BCE, occupation to 1000 BCE), submerged by earthquakes c.1000 BCE, with intact streets, two-storey houses, tombs, garden terraces off islet; never reoccupied. University of Nottingham survey 2011.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.3500 BCE
- Period
- Early Helladic to Late Minoan
- Culture
- Minoan-influenced / Mycenaean
- Purpose
- Port and trading town
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c.3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1175 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
36.5170° N · 22.9887° E · -3 m
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