Sami also referred to as Samia , Arini , or Makistos was a city in Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...

. It was located in the Elis

Elis

Elis, or Eleia is an ancient district that corresponds with the modern Elis peripheral unit...

 region, in western Peloponnese

Peloponnese

The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...

. The archaeological site consists of the remains of Sami's fortified citadel

Citadel

A citadel is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen....

  which dates to the Archaic period. It is situated on the slopes of the Lapithas mountain and faces the coast of the Ionian sea

Ionian Sea

The Ionian Sea , is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and...

 and also the plain of the Kato Samiko

Kato Samiko

Kato Samiko is a small village in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. Its 2001 population was 475 for the village and 531 for the municipal district.-Population:-Location:...

 area.

Nearest places

• Ancient Olympia
• Zacharo
  Zacharo
  Zacharo is a town and municipality in southwestern Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the Elis peripheral unit, in the Periphery of West Greece. Zacharo is situated on the Ionian Sea coast, in the area of the Gulf of Kyparissia. The town is crossed by the highway named GR-9/E55, that links...