Penteskouphia
Penteskouphia ( Greek Πεντεσκούφια ) or Penteskouphi ( Πεντεσκούφι ) was a settlement in Corinthia in Greece .
description
The settlement Penteskouphia was about 2.7 km west of Akrokorinth on the northwest slope of Mount Kastraki at an altitude of about 210 m. It was named after the Franconian Kastel Penteskouphi , which is about 1.5 km east on the top of the mountain. The mountain and the area around the settlement are also sometimes called Penteskouphia. The settlement is largely abandoned today. However, the chapel of Agios Andonios still exists.
history
On May 16, 1928 it was officially listed as a settlement within the rural community of Palaia Korinthos in the prefecture of Argolis and Korinthia . When the prefecture was divided on April 29, 1949, it became part of the Korinthia prefecture. With the administrative reform, the so-called Kapodistrias program , the settlement was assigned to the municipality of Corinth on December 4, 1997 . On March 18, 2001, the Penteskouphia settlement was finally abolished.
The Penteskouphia boards
The small settlement became known through the discovery of the Pinakes von Penteskouphia ("Penteskouphia-Tafeln"). A farmer from Penteskouphia discovered this in 1879 about 800 m northwest of the village and sold it on. The interest of the professional world was great and so one tried to determine the origin of the clay tablets. The sanctuary of Poseidon, from which the tablets presumably originated and which was near Penteskouphia, has not yet been located.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eleni Hasaki, Yannis Nakas: Ship iconography on the Penteskouphia pinakes from Archaic Corinth (Greece). Pottery industry and maritime trade. in Jerzy Gawronski, André van Holk, Joost Schokkenbroek (eds.): Ships and maritime landscapes , Eelde 2017, p. 66
Coordinates: 37 ° 53 ′ 3.6 ″ N , 22 ° 50 ′ 23.1 ″ E