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Leonidas Monument
Sight / monument
Monument to Leonidas with adjoining museum Leonidas, the king of Sparta had stopped the overwhelming army of the Persians under Xerxes at the head of the Greek troops here in 480 BC However, a traitor then stabbed him in the back and showed the enemy a way instead of advancing across the straits over the mountains. After that, Leonidas and his followers were beaten
Inscription on the monument, in Schiller´s translation: ´Wanderer, if you come to Sparta, announce there that you saw us lying here, as the law commanded it. “ Friedrich Schiller: The Walk, 1795.
ADDRESS
Lamia 35009 M1
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Rundreise Zentralgriechenland
Griechenland: Rundreise Zentralgriechenland
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Things to see in the area
Memorial of Leonidas and Sparta 300
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Parkplatz, auch zum Übernachten
You can take this course as an alternative place to place are no longer usable is usable January - December [ click for more information ]
Museum Thermopylon
You should visit this place if you can. [ click for more information ]
Thermopiles (Parking Lot)
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Thermopylae
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Parkplatz Thermopylen
Large parking lot on natural terrain at the hot sulfur springs is open October - May [ click for more information ]