Ghost Towns
Ascra
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and license on the file page)
🏛️ Ancient ruins

Ascra

Ancient city · Greece

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
38.318, 23.096
Show on map🛰️ Satellite

Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: древний город в Беотии

History

Ascra or Askre was a town in ancient Boeotia which is best known today as the home of the poet Hesiod. It was located upon Mount Helicon, less than seven and a half miles west of Thespiae.

Read the full article

Abandoned places nearby