GREECE CENTRAL GREECE EVVIA ERETRIA ANCIENT CITY

the North Quarter

Opposite the street from the House of Mosaics are the 1969-1984 excavated architectural remains of the ancient "North Quarter", meanwhile accessible and 2011-2014 nicely prepared for interested visitors. - The central road artery (1), the water piping network (2), the roadside shrine of Hercules (3), characteristic types of houses (4) and a stoic building (5) are all dated to the main period of prosperity of the city, the end of the 4th century BC.

the West Quarter

Opposite the archaeological museum is the vast area of Eretria's ancient West Quarter. It was occupied by residential houses of the 4th to the 2nd century BC, lying just inside the city wall, which was built around 400 BC. In the North is the main gateway of the city, the still impressive West Gate through which passed the road to Chalkis. - Underneath the Classical and Hellenistic houses are remains of earlier periods: the walls of several buildings of the 7th to the 5th century BC are visible under the foundations of House I. - At the beginning of the 4th century BC, the whole area was rebuilt, but was finally destroyed by the Romans in 198 BC. Only House I was reconstructed in the 2nd century BC.

Above: Building foundations of different periods lying on top of each other in the ancient West Quarter. - Below: Preserved ancient clay water conduits.