The classical city of Messene in the western Peloponnese was constructed over the ruins of Ithome, an ancient city originally of the Achaean Greeks, d

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The classical city of Messene in the western Peloponnese was constructed over the ruins of Ithome, an ancient city originally of the Achaean Greeks, destroyed previously by the Spartans and abandoned for some time. The entrance is fashioned from finely finished stone and is topped by a characteristic triangular arch.

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