Ancient site · Greece · Still standing
Thermopylae
Thermopylae is a narrow coastal mountain pass and modern town in Phthiotis, Greece, named for its hot sulphur springs. The site is the location of the famous 480 BC battle and is defined by a tight strip of shoreline squeezed between limestone slopes and the Spercheios floodplain. Travertine deposits and springs still mark the landscape today.
Its prime
480 BC
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 480 BC
The shape it held in its prime.
A tight coastal pass where steep, forested limestone slopes press close to the sea, with pale, chalky travertine terraces and steaming sulphur springs at the foot of the hill. Clear emerald-green pools gather in shallow basins; the floodplain of the Spercheios spreads behind the strip of shore. Vegetation is mainly pines and low scrub; exposed grey rock and white mineral deposits give a banded shoreline silhouette against distant mountains.
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