Urban plan of ancient Sparta

The urban plan of Sparta in a detailed diagram in German. Actually, there was no urban plan of Sparta before the Late Hellenistic Age, as the ‘conservative’ Spartans were not interested in changing their traditional way of life, since the Archaic Age. They believed that their city did not even need defensive walls because in their own words “the chests of Sparta’s warriors are her walls”.

Νεώσοικοι του Πειραιά, Κλασσική περίοδος

Μία ψηφιακή αναπαράσταση νεωσοίκων για την φύλαξη πολεμικών πλοίων της Κλασσικής Αθήνας, τριήρων στη συγκεκριμένη εικόνα.

Gallic Architecture: Corent

A digital representation of Corent, a 1st century BC oppidum in modern south-central France, probably the old capital of the Arverni tribe. The representation was made according to the findings of the excavations, as it occurs for all the architectural representations in the present website.

Macedonia: Architecture

Reconstruction of a luxurious house in Pella, the new capital of the Macedonian kdm. Aegae remained the traditional capital of the kdm (credit: Ιδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού).

Urban plan of Olynthos, Chalkidike, Greece

The urban plan of Olynthos reconstructed by Hoepfner and Schwandner. Note specifically the city blocks, designed according to the Hippodamian system of urban planning.