Agios Vasileios, Laconia

Agios Vasileios
Άγιος Βασίλειος
Agios Vasileios
Shown within Greece
LocationLaconia, Greece
Coordinates36°58′45″N 22°28′42″E / 36.97917°N 22.47833°E / 36.97917; 22.47833
TypeSettlement
History
Founded17th-16th BC
Abandoned14th-13th BC
PeriodsBronze Age
CulturesMycenaean Greece
Site notes
Excavation dates2009, 2012
ArchaeologistsAdamantia Vasilogamvrou
ConditionPartly buried

Agios Vasileios (also spelled Ayios Vasileios or Ayios Vasilios; Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος) is the site of a Mycenaean palace, located 4 kilometers east of the village of Xirokambi in Laconia, Greece. It was west of the Eurotas River commanding the plain, some 10 km south of Sparta. The site is cut by the modern Sparta--Gytheio national road. It is named after a chapel by the side of the road.