Basilica of Lechaion

Corinth Greece. The basilica of Lechaion. The basilica, the most important early byzantine monument in the Peloponnese, takes up an area of 11.000 sq. m. on the western branch of the ancient port of Lechaion, one of the two ports of Ancient and Byzantine Corinth. The other port was Kenchreai, on the Saronic gulf.

It is the longest basilica in mainland Greece (ca. 180 m.). It is believed to have been founded in the second half of the 5th century AD