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Cynosarges

Athens Municipality, Greece

Cynosarges (Ancient Greek: Κυνόσαργες Kynosarges) was a famous temple of Heracles, public gymnasium, and surrounding grove located just outside the walls of Ancient Athens on the southern bank of the Ilissos river and near the Diomeian gate. The modern suburb of Kynosargous is named after it.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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