Samothrace - Sanctuary of Kabeiroi / Sanctuary of the Great Gods

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Sanctuary of Kabeiroi / Sanctuary of the Great Gods Description

Six km/4mi northeast of Samothráki Khóra, above the site of ancient Palaiopolis, are the remains of the sanctuary of the Great Gods or of the Kabeiroi, which have only recently been completely exposed. A chapel dedicated to Ayía Paraskeví and the ruins of a castle of the Gattelusi family on the slopes of the hill mark the site of the ancient port (shingle beach). In spite of repeated destruction by pirates, war and earthquakes, the sanctuary continued in existence until the A.D. fourth century. During the Middle Ages the ruins of the ancient buildings served as a quarry of dressed stone for the construction of the castle.

Hobbies & Activities category: Beach; Castle, chateau, palace; Archeological site or ruin; Christian sites

Sanctuary of Kabeiroi / Sanctuary of the Great Gods Highlights

Arsinoeion

Beyond the Sacristy at the Sanctuary of Kaberoi stood the Arsinoeion, the largest roofed rotunda of Greek antiquity (diameter over 20m/65ft), built by Arsinoe (later Queen Arsinoe II of Egypt)

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Hieron

Going along the middle terrace past an Archaic altar at Samothrace's Sanctuary of Kabeiroi, we come to the re-erected facade of the Hieron, built in the late fourth century B.C., with a portico

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House of the Masters

The excavations at Samothráki lie 500m/550yd inland. From the museum (behind the Xenia hotel and restaurant) a signposted path runs southeast, passes through an iron gate, crosses the middle one of

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Sacristy

Immediately south of the Anaktoron at the Sanctuary of Kabeiroi, on a higher level, is the "Sacristy", in which registers of the initiate were maintained.

Samothrace Archeological Museum

Southeast of the sanctuary of Kabeiroi are an ancient necropolis (seventh-second century B.C.) and the Archeological Museum.

Temenos

At the Sanctuary of Kabeiroi at Samothráki there are several altars dating from the early period of the cult. They lie between the Arsinoeion and the next building to the south, the Temenos. Built

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Address

Sanctuary of the Kabeiroi / Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Samothrace
Greece

Hours

November 1 to March 31

Open	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30
Closed	15:00	15:00	15:00	15:00	15:00	15:00	15:00

April 1 to October 31

Open	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00
Closed	19:30	19:30	19:30	19:30	19:30	19:30	19:30

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Greek National Day (March 25) Easter - Christian May Day / Labor Day (May 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)