№ 0014 · GR-PEL-MYC
Lion Gate of Mycenae
Πύλη των Λεόντων
The monumental entrance to the Bronze-Age citadel of Mycenae. Two relief lions flank a Minoan column above the lintel. The oldest surviving monumental sculpture in Europe.
17,880 ancient sites across Greece, mapped from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture archaeological registry, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and academic publications. Bronze Age fortresses, Classical temples, Byzantine churches, Ottoman bridges. Every period that left material traces on Greek soil.
"You just drove past a 2,400-year-old fortress on the road to Nafplio. You did not know it was there."
Most travelers see Greece as a curated list of 30 destinations. The Acropolis, Delphi, Knossos, Olympia, the Meteora monasteries. The other 17,850 archaeological sites, the Mycenaean tholos tombs in Argolida, the Ottoman bridges of Epirus, the Byzantine fortifications of the Mani, are spread across thirteen regions and largely off the guidebook routes. They have no signage. They have no admission. They are simply there, beside the road, on the hill above the village, in the field where the goats graze.
Atika: Greece Guides catalogues all of them. Seventeen thousand eight hundred and eighty documented sites, sourced from the Greek Ministry of Culture registry, source-checked against academic publications, and classified by period and type. The app is in App Store review now. Join the waitlist below to get TestFlight access two weeks before public launch.
Greece is not just Athens, the Parthenon, and a few coastal islands. The archaeological record covers every region, from the Macedonian highlands to the Cretan coast, from the Peloponnesian fortresses to the Cycladic shrines.
Six representative entries from the catalogue. Every entry in the app shows period, type, coordinates, distance from the nearest town, access notes, and confidence score.
The monumental entrance to the Bronze-Age citadel of Mycenae. Two relief lions flank a Minoan column above the lintel. The oldest surviving monumental sculpture in Europe.
Built into a hillside above the oracle of Zeus. Holds 18,000 people. Half the size of Epidaurus, twice the silence. Most visitors skip it.
Late-Byzantine living monastery on the slopes of the abandoned medieval city. Frescoes from 1428, still inhabited by nuns. Open to visitors during daylight hours.
The Bronze Age city buried by the Thera eruption around 1620 BCE. Walls preserved to second-story height. Frescoes lifted to the National Museum, but the urban plan remains.
The unlooted tomb of Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander. Underground museum built around the tombs themselves. The gold larnax still on display.
Single-span stone bridge over the Aoos River. Built 1870 by Mastora craftsmen of the Pyrsogianni guild. One of dozens of Ottoman-era bridges across Epirus and Thessaly.
Start with the Acropolis Museum (better than the Acropolis itself for context). Walk to the Ancient Agora. Drive 22 km west to Eleusis for the Sanctuary of Demeter, where the Mysteries were celebrated for 2,000 years and almost no tourist goes.
Cross the Isthmus. Ancient Corinth at its height controlled both sides of the canal. Mycenae is 30 minutes south. Nafplio for the night, with the Palamidi fortress above it.
Morning at the Theatre of Epidaurus (one of the best-preserved acoustics in the ancient world). Drive south through the Taygetos to Mystras. The abandoned Byzantine city above modern Sparta is your evening.
Drive south from Mystras into the Mani. Forty-seven Byzantine churches, tower-houses of feuding clans, the cape sanctuary of Poseidon at Tainaron. Atika pings you when you pass each one. Bring a torch for the locked chapels.
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It is in App Store review now. Founding-week members get TestFlight access 2 to 4 weeks before public launch. Public launch is targeted for spring 2026, ahead of peak tourist season.
Apple approved the Israel app first. Greece was always our intended first launch but the review queue had other ideas. Both apps share the same underlying technology and approach. Greece is next.
The Hellenic Ministry of Culture archaeological registry, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and academic publications. Every site has a confidence score (0.0 to 1.0) and shows its sources. Multi-period coverage from the Mycenaean Bronze Age through the Ottoman period.
Yes, all 13 modern Greek regions. Attica, Central Macedonia, Thessaly, the Peloponnese, Crete, the Aegean and Ionian islands, Epirus, Western Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. From Rhodes to Corfu to Mount Athos.
Bronze Age through Byzantine through Ottoman through modern. Mycenaean fortresses, Classical temples, Hellenistic theatres, Roman villas, Byzantine churches, Ottoman bridges. Every period that left material remains on Greek soil.
Yes. The full database is bundled on the device. The app works in mountain villages, on island ferries, anywhere the Greek mainland goes without signal.
The Greek-language App Store listing is at /greece-el/. The app interface in Greek is targeted for v1.1, around four weeks after public launch.
One developer, solo. Thirteen months of data work. iOS first. The Israel app is already live; Italy follows after Greece.
Seventeen thousand eight hundred and eighty archaeological sites in your pocket. Proximity alerts so you do not drive past them. Offline so it works in the village without signal.