{"id":646,"date":"2015-06-21T01:44:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T05:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.westernargolid.org\/pro\/?p=646"},"modified":"2015-06-21T01:44:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T05:44:08","slug":"our-trip-to-the-eastern-argolid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/?p=646","title":{"rendered":"Our trip to the eastern Argolid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Saturday trip yesterday featured the other side of the Argive plain: the more famous \u00a0eastern Argolid. We visisted\u00a0Mycenae, the Argive Heraion, and the middle Byzantine church of the Koimesis at Merbaka (Ayia Triada):<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-646 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly1-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-660'>\n\t\t\t\tFiling into the tomb of Clytemnestra\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_cly-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-659'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking towards the plain from the Tomb of Clytemnestra\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_scott.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_scott.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_scott.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_scott-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-658'>\n\t\t\t\tScott at Grave Circle A, Mycenae\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_lauren.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_lauren.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_lauren.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_lauren-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-657'>\n\t\t\t\tLauren at Mycenae\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_view.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_view.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_view.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_view-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-656'>\n\t\t\t\tMycenae, admiring the view\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_vpanorama.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_vpanorama.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_vpanorama.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_vpanorama-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_vpanorama-1024x232.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-655'>\n\t\t\t\tThe view from Mycenae\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_walls.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_walls.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_walls.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mycenae_walls-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-652'>\n\t\t\t\tThe fortification walls\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_view.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_view.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_view.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_view-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-649'>\n\t\t\t\tAdmiring the view from the terrace, Argive Heraion\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_new-temple.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_new-temple.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_new-temple.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_new-temple-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-650'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Argive Heraion: the New Temple\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace-1024x232.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-665'>\n\t\t\t\tThe terrace of the Argive Heraion\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_descending_terrace.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_descending_terrace.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_descending_terrace.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_descending_terrace-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-648'>\n\t\t\t\tDescending the terrace at the Argive Heraion\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace_students.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace_students.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace_students.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/heraion_terrace_students-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-647'>\n\t\t\t\tArgive Heraion\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-664'>\n\t\t\t\tThe church of the Koimesis, Merbaka\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_window.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_window.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_window.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_window-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-662'>\n\t\t\t\tMerbaka\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_grace.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_grace.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_grace.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_grace-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-661'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace photographing Merbaka\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_sign.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_sign.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_sign.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/merbaka_sign-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-663'>\n\t\t\t\tConstruction work\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Saturday trip yesterday featured the other side of the Argive plain: the more famous \u00a0eastern Argolid. We visisted\u00a0Mycenae, the Argive Heraion, and the middle Byzantine church of the Koimesis at Merbaka (Ayia Triada):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[89,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-89","category-dimitri-nakassis"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernargolid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}