Plain of Argos

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The Plain of Argos is a fertile, historically significant region in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, long associated with ancient Argos and major Mycenaean and classical Greek sanctuaries.

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Plain of Argos canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
plain
associatedWith Argos NERFINISHED
Mycenae NERFINISHED
Nafplio NERFINISHED
Tiryns NERFINISHED
associatedWithMythology Danaus NERFINISHED
Hera NERFINISHED
Heracles NERFINISHED
Perseus NERFINISHED
boundedBy Arcadian mountains
Korthio mountains NERFINISHED
Mycenaean hills
centerOf Argive city-state
climate Mediterranean climate
country Greece
drainedBy Charadros River NERFINISHED
Erasinos River NERFINISHED
Inachos River NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity citrus cultivation
olive cultivation
viticulture
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Lerna NERFINISHED
Midea NERFINISHED
Mycenae NERFINISHED
Tiryns NERFINISHED
hasNearbyCity Argos NERFINISHED
Nafplio NERFINISHED
hasNearbySanctuary Heraion of Argos NERFINISHED
historicalPeriodSignificance Archaic Greece NERFINISHED
Bronze Age
Classical Greece NERFINISHED
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
Mycenaean period NERFINISHED
isFertile true
knownFor classical Greek sanctuaries
continuous habitation since prehistory
major Mycenaean centers
language Greek
locatedIn Argolis NERFINISHED
Peloponnese
northeastern Peloponnese NERFINISHED
opensTo Argolic Gulf NERFINISHED
partOf Argive plain NERFINISHED
regionType alluvial plain
usedFor agriculture

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Argive Heraion overlooks Plain of Argos