Nafplio, Greece

Agia Moni Monastery and Kanathos Spring

Agia Moni Monastery and Kanathos Spring, Nafplio

A Byzantine convent near the village of Aria, founded in 1149 by Leo, bishop of Argos and Nafplio. Beside it flows a spring identified with the ancient Kanathos, where myth held that the goddess Hera bathed each year to renew her maidenhood.

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Location

Coordinates: 37.56342, 22.830463

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