Lechaus Route

    East to the hill of Apollo’s temple there is the Lechaio street which served the city with its market and the harbour in the Corinthian gulf. The road is descending with tiled friezes and was used only by pedestrians. The fact that it wasn’t used by vehicles is obvious because there are nowhere on the road traces of wheels.

    There were pavements at the edge of the road, as well as basins for statues and drains gathering the waters. The road was 12 meters in breadth.

Lechaus Route, Akrokorinthos

    In the West edge close to the North gate of the sanctuary where are the antiquities, there are remnants from a semicircular dwelling which from the 4th century replaced the old Roman market. Moving along the market, on the West side of the street there are 16 shops. In front of the shops there was a marble peristyle while above these it was built a huge basilica about 60 meters in length and 22 meters in breadth. It was built in the end of the first century AC and had got a main room-ward in the centre while every corner was extended, embellished with marble and they also enlarged the central chamber and added pillars.

    In the East side of the street and on the North part there are the remnants of a Byzantine bath of the 12th century AC. Further east there are ruins of a big bath with rectangular lavatory, sub-burner and a brick-floor. This seems to have been constructed the second century AC and must have been a public WC. It has got stone seats and under these there were pipes from which the water washed and cleaned the lavatory-pans.

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