{"id":16330,"date":"2024-10-09T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=attraction&#038;p=16330"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:28:11","slug":"epidaurus","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/epidaurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Epidaurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small city part of ancient Greece 28 km East of Nafplio. Today Epidaurus is the name of two modern towns, Palaia Epidavros and Nea Epidavros, which together belong to the municipality of Epidaurus.<\/p>\n<p>Ancient Epidaurus is famous for its huge and perfectly preserved 4<sup>e<\/sup> century BC Amphitheatre, which is still in use today. The theatre can seat up to 14,000 people in 55 rows, and it has exceptional acoustics. 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