Church of St. Nicholas

The Church of St. Nicholas in Alea, Arcadia, is a Byzantine-era monument standing on ground that has been sacred for millennia. It occupies the site of ancient Tegea, a powerful Arcadian city whose sanctuary of Athena Alea flourished from the eighth century BCE into the fourth century CE. Layers of history accumulate here, from archaic and classical times through the Hellenistic, late antique, and Roman periods. The church is a protected building in Greece, and the surrounding area has yielded archaeological finds that attest to the site's long significance.