Ancient Messiah
Mavromati-lthomi
Mavromati (32 km from Kalamata) is one of the many painting villas in the center of Messinia. It is built like an amphitheater above the foot of Itomi's sacred mountain. Today it is called Voulkano and there is a sanctuary of Zeus Ithomatos.
One of the legends supported that Zeus was born in Itomi, not Crete and Olympus. In Itomi, it was raised by two nymphs, Itomi and Neda. Water jumps out of the mountain center from the rock face black hole in the center of the village. This is where Mavromati got its name. Mavromati means black eyes.
Archaeological site
- Aesklepieion complex: Temple of Asklepios and Hygeia. It is a temple of peripteros, doric. It was destroyed for unidentified reasons, which rebuild local stone.
- The small theater Odeon belongs to the asclepion complex. The building was discovered and an inscription called "Decterion" was found. It was a place of rhetorical exhibitions and meetings.
- Bouleuterion: A rectangular, nearly square room, belongs to the Asklepieion complex. Its size is 19 x 18.30 m. There are two entrances on the west side of the building.
- The wall built in the 3 rd century BC is one of the most important achievements of ancient military architecture. The arcade gate on the north side of the wall is still very impressive. It was the main gate of Mécénées and the road to Archaic Megalopolis began with an external "door". Temple of Artemis Limniatis or Lafria. It is a small temple of Ionic style. It dates back to the middle of the 3rd century BC
- The sanctuary of Zeusit Matasse There was a statue of Zeus designed by Argel Sculptor Ageladas. This type of statue represents Zeus as a child and is not known to us.
- Theater stadium: There is only the remains of the wall that supported the concave of the theater. The lower seat of the stadium, especially the seat of the Spendon seat, survives more than the other seats.
