Gla is the largest Bronze Age acropolis in Greece, featuring impressive cyclopean walls. Now an abandoned citadel with barely anything visible above ground. Cyclopean construction spans from Portugal to Georgia 🏛️
Gla: largest Greek acropolis with cyclopean walls now abandoned
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Key facts
- Gla is the largest acropolis in all of Greece
- Features impressive cyclopean walls from the Bronze Age
- Located on an island citadel, now abandoned with hardly anything visible on top
- Cyclopean construction found from Portugal to Georgia
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Sources
The Mycenaean Acropolis at Glas - MUSEUM OF THEBESmthv.gr
The ruins of the Mycenaean acropolis at Glas are located to the north east of Copais. It was built in the Mycenaean era and was fortified with strong cyclopean ...
Gla, the island that is no morebalcanicaucaso.org
It is a Mycenaean fortress, built over three thousand years ago, but at the same time it is an island. Or rather, it used to be an island. What ...
Gla - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
Gla (Greek: Γλα), also called Glas (Γλας), was an important fortified site of the Mycenaean civilization, located in Boeotia, mainland Greece.
Gla: The Forgotten Fortress of Mycenaean Greecegreece-is.com
The 3,300-year-old fortress of Gla is the largest Bronze Age citadel in Greece, dwarfing contemporary Athens, Tiryns, and Mycenae.
The Island of Gla: A Mycenaean Mystery Solved?worldhistory.org
The island of Gla, an enigmatic Mycenaean citadel in the north-eastern corner of the Copais basin lies 70 miles north of Athens, in the region of Boeotia.
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