On a low hill about 1.7 km southwest of Kaisari stand the remains of a medieval fortified tower, known as a goulas. Its precise history remains unknown; the very word ‘goulas’, of Arabic origin, has been used for such fortifications since the Late Byzantine period. Kaisari […]
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Hadrian’s Aqueduct was built around AD 130 under the philhellene emperor Hadrian to carry water from the springs of Stymphalia all the way to ancient Corinth, following a remarkable route of some 85 kilometres across rugged mountain terrain. A surviving stretch runs through the plain of […]
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At the high mountain pass of Kastania, where the road threads between Mount Zireia and Mount Oligyrtos toward the Feneos plateau, stands a monument to Georgios Papanikas, a local chieftain of Kastania and comrade-in-arms of Kolokotronis during the 1821 War of Independence. The statue honours the […]
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The Tournakis House, also known as the Theochari House, is a listed neoclassical building in the centre of Kiato, distinguished by its elegant architecture and remarkable painted ceilings. It passed to the Theochari family in 1919 and later into municipal ownership, which restored it. Today it […]
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The Notaras Mansion is a traditional manor house that belonged to the aristocratic Notaras family, one of the most prominent in the area. Stone-built and stately, it reflects the former standing and social prestige of its owners. Though time and a lack of upkeep have left […]
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The Notaras Tower is a historic round tower built of dressed local stone, roughly 11 metres across with sturdy walls up to 2.8 metres thick. Though it bears the name of the well-known Notaras family, as a fortification it is older than their arrival: tradition holds […]
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The ASO Warehouses are five imposing stone buildings on the Kiato seafront, a monument to the industrial heritage left by the Corinthian currant trade. The earliest structures date to the late 19th century and took their present form in 1932, later passing to the Autonomous Currant […]
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In the heart of Kiato, in the renovated building of the former ASO factory, stands the Public Library of Sikyona. With roots going back to 1961 and reopened in a modern two-storey home in 2023, it holds over 6,000 titles spanning literature, history, philosophy and children’s […]
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In the mountain village of Goura, set on the slopes of Mount Kyllini (Zireia) at around 956 metres, a handful of imposing 19th-century stone mansions still stand. The Oikonomou-Gouras, Sarlis and Mourtis houses, skilfully built from the local honey-coloured poros stone, recall the village’s former prosperity […]
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In the picturesque village of Lafka, southwest of Lake Stymphalia, a small folklore museum has operated since 1993, devoted to local rural tradition. Its cases hold old household utensils, farming implements and everyday objects that bring to life the world of the earlier inhabitants of mountainous […]
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The Archaeological Museum of Feneos gathers and presents finds from the excavations at Ancient Feneos and the wider area. Among the exhibits are sculptures, vases and other objects, drawn largely from the Asklepieion and the acropolis, that shed light on daily life and worship in this […]
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The archaeological site of Ancient Feneos lies close to the village of the same name, on the northwestern edge of the Feneos plateau. It comprises the acropolis with its walls, an ancient spring and the Hellenistic Asklepieion, set within a striking mountain landscape at around 750 […]
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On the left bank of the River Asopos, some 30 kilometres southwest of Kiato and at around 580 metres altitude, lies the archaeological site of Titani. Here stood one of antiquity’s most renowned Asklepieia, a celebrated healing sanctuary said by tradition to have been founded by […]
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Beside the fabled Lake Stymphalia lie the remains of the ancient city, brought to light by the excavations of Anastasios Orlandos between 1924 and 1930. Visitors can make out traces of the agora, the foundations of a temple, a large square building thought to be a […]
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The Archaeological Museum of Ancient Sikyon stands within the archaeological site itself, housed in part of a well-preserved Roman bath complex restored in the 1930s. Its galleries display finds from Sikyon and the surrounding area, including vases, sculpture, mosaic floors and Early Christian remains, tracing the […]
0 Read More On the Vasiliko plateau a few kilometres south of Kiato lies the archaeological site of Ancient Sikyon, a celebrated city that flourished in Hellenistic times and was renowned as a cradle of painting and sculpture. Visitors can wander among the large theatre, the remains of the […]
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The Stymphalia Environment Museum, part of the network of thematic museums run by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (PIOP), opened in 2010 on a wooded slope overlooking the lake. Its exhibitions explore the interdependence of people and nature in the Stymphalia basin, alongside the traditional […]
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