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Eleusis
Archaeological
Site
At the end of the Sacred
Way the visitor enters the site
through the Roman terrace
with the temple of Artemis
Propylaea, the Eschara, the
Roman Fountain and the two
Triumphant Arches. Further
on, after the Great Propylaea
is Demeter’s Temple, with
the Kallichoron Well next to
it. According to Pausanias
it is here that “for the first
time women of Eleusis
formed a choir and sang
in praise of the Goddess”.
The visitor then passes by
the Small Propylaea and
the “Plutonium” and finally
enters the Telestirion, the
main temple of Demeter.
Eleusis Archaeological Site during
excavations, 1860.
On the hill overlooking the
Telestirion sits Panagitsa,
the small post-Byzantine
church named after Virgin
Mary
“Messosporitissa”,
patron of the farmers. As
the Greek name implies,
the church celebrates on
November 21, in the middle
of the sowing season. It is
situated on top of an older
Christian church and it is
typical of the one-room
domed basilica type.
The Archaeological Museum
of Eleusis is inside the site. It
was erected in 1889-1890 NE
of the acropolis by architect
Ioannis Moussis, in order
to house the important
artefacts found during the
excavation of the Temple.