Pheia (Elis)

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Pheia (Φειᾷ, modern forms: "Feia" or "Fia") was an small town and a lake in Elis in the ancient country of Pisatis. It was built by a natural gulf on an island which it does not exist today next to the drylands and was destroyed in the 4th century BC ["SKRIP" newspaper, page 2, 3/31/1911, from the [http://www.nlg.gr/digitalnewspapers/ns/main.html voted national library] ] , from that location founded near today's Katakolo, next to the "Iardani" river and was the important lake in Elis. During the Peloponnesian War, the Atheneans understood the small town and used its ports for its base during the polemical undertaking in Elis. Pheia was ruined in the 6th century BC and sunk underwater. In the location of the acropolis built a castle by the Franks which it survives today, famously as "Pontikokastro ("Ποντικόκαστρο" - meaning castle of the rats) or "Belvedere" ("Μπελβεντέρε") [Strabo "Geography" V] [ [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:gMEg5R4UTPIJ:katakolo.50g.com/FEIA.htm+%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%B1+%CE%97%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1&hl=el&ct=clnk&cd=72&gl=gr] ] [Thucydides "Histories" VI] .

Its first excavations were made in 1911 ["SKRIP" page 2, 3/31/1911, from the [http://www.nlg.gr/digitalnewspapers/ns/main.html voted national library] ] . In 1973 the Archaeological Maritime Archives Institue made reports in the sea ara in the gulf of Agios Andreas in Katakolo where it found a town. It dug in many archiectural artifacts and others. The location of the ancient city and lake is located at a depth of 5 m below sea level. [ [http://www.ienae.gr/Greek/index.htm?ProtesEreunes.htm~mainFrame] ]

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