Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus

Why go

The Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus was a healing sanctuary; Hellenic Heritage, the Ministry of Culture's heritage platform, traces worship on the site from the Mycenaean period through a sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas around 800 BC to the cult of Asclepius, established in the 6th century BC. The same page says most of its monuments, parts of which survive, were built in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, among them the temple of Asclepius, the Abaton stoa, the Tholos, the Katagogion guest-house, the stadium and the theatre, and it stresses that the theatre is just one part of the sanctuary. Its ticket line gives access to the archaeological site and the museum of the sanctuary together, and the page lists the Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolis as the contact. This record is the sanctuary site, not the ancient city of Epidaurus or the present-day Municipality of Epidaurus.