Greece (Arcadia)
Mantinea was built around 500 BC through the union of five neighbouring villages. It was politically opposed to its neighbour Tegea, and the two cities competed for power over southern Arcadia and for control of the sinkholes that made the use of the plain possible.
Forms of occupation of the ásty
Plans and images of the ásty showing the main public buildings.
Aerial view of the settlement showing the main public buildings: the agora, the theatre…
General plan of the settlement showing the main buildings.
Schematic plan of the agora indicating the main building phases. The Classical phase is…Forms of occupation of the khóra
Plans and images of the defensive system. The wall circuit of Mantinea was elliptical, with a total length of 4 km. It is considered one of the finest defensive systems found in Greece and is generally well preserved. Mantinea is one of the rare examples of a Greek city situated on a plain, which perhaps increased the importance of the effectiveness of its defensive system.
The walls were built around 370 BC in a technique called double-shell or sandwich, which…
Aerial view of the walls and the Tegea gate, where we can see the distribution of the…
In this schematic plan of the defensive system we can see the ten gates, which were built…migration
Maps of the Mantinea region.
Location of Mantineia in relation to Arcadia and the Peloponnese.
Arcadia.
Mantineia and its territory.