Cassope

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Cassope is an ancient Greek city in the region of Epirus, known for its well-preserved Hellenistic urban remains and panoramic hilltop location.

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Label Occurrences
Cassopaea 1
Cassope canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
archaeological site
accessibleFrom Preveza
archaeologicalResearch systematic excavations in 20th century
country Greece
culture Greek
declinePeriod Roman period
hasArchaeologicalRemains cisterns
city walls
gates
public squares
residential quarters
sanctuaries
stoas
streets
theatre cavea
hasFeature agora
domestic houses
fortification walls
orthogonal street plan
prytaneion
public buildings
theatre
heritageStatus important archaeological site of Epirus
knownFor panoramic hilltop location
well-preserved Hellenistic urban remains
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Epirus
northwestern Greece
locatedInTime Hellenistic period
modernCountry Greece
nearModernCity Preveza
nearModernSettlement Kamarina
overlooks Ambracian Gulf
partOf region of Epirus in antiquity
periodOfAbandonment late Hellenistic to early Roman period
politicalRole center of the Cassopaeans
preservationState well-preserved Hellenistic city layout
regionInAntiquity Cassope self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cassopaea
regionType Epirus
surface form: Epirus (periphery of Greece)
situatedOn hilltop
strategicRole controlled routes between interior Epirus and Ambracian Gulf
timeOfFlourishing 3rd century BCE
4th century BCE
topography mountain slope above coastal plain
tourismType cultural tourism site
urbanCategory polis
urbanPlanningType Hippodamian plan

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Epirus hasArchaeologicalSite Cassope
Cassope regionInAntiquity Cassope self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cassopaea