The plain of Laconia spreads out around Sparta, green and cool.
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Sparta or Sparti is the capital of the prefecture of Laconia. It is a simple town, which was built in the middle of the Evrotas river valley, in the same site where the ancient city was. Some ruins remain of the ancient acropolis, the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia (6th c. B.C.), the tomb of Leonidas (5th c. B.C.) and the Menelaion.
Mount Taygetos is dominating wit snowy peaks and precipitous rocks, plateaus and ravines, olive groves on the gentler slopes. Poplars, willows and plane trees line the banks of the Evrotas
