Positioned on the Isthmus of Corinth, between the Peloponnesus and mainland Greece, Corinth has been right at the forefront of Mediterranean history for centuries. The Greeks had a major early stake in the city, before the invading Romans destroyed the place, then later refounded it. Centuries later, after 1204 when Constantinople fell to the Fourth Crusade, Corinth was occupied successively by the Turks, the Knights of Malta, the Venetians, the Turks again and finally the Greeks in 1822.
As a consequence of this long string of conflicts, a lot of the ancient city has been wiped from history. But some ruins endure, hugging the base of the rock of Acrocorinth. Most of them are Roman rather than Greek in origin, and include the temples of Aphrodite, Apollo and Octavia and the Fortress of Acrocorinth. At the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth it’s possible to view a number of important religious artefacts.
