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About
The Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct (Greek: Ευπαλίνειο όρυγμα, romanized: Efpalinio orygma) is a tunnel of 1,036 m (3,399 ft) length running through Mount Kastro in Samos, Greece, built in the 6th century BC to serve as an aqueduct. The tunnel is the second known tunnel in history which was excavated from both ends (Ancient Greek: ἀμφίστομον, romanized: amphistomon, "having two openings"), and the first with a geometry-based approach in doing so. Today it is a popular tourist attraction. The tunnel is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the nearby Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos, and it was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 2017.
Nearby
Places within walking or a short drive, best first.
- Lykourgos TowerCastle1.1 km away
- Castle of PythagorioCastle1.1 km away
- Archaic Sanctuary of ArtemisArchaeological site410 m away
- Early Christian CemeteryArchaeological site420 m away
- Römisches BadArchaeological site420 m away
- PythagoreionArchaeological site420 m away
- Ancient SamosArchaeological site970 m away
- Ancient Sandstone MineArchaeological site1.2 km away
- Aijades ancient limestone mineArchaeological site1.4 km away
- HeraionArchaeological site4.4 km away
- Archaeological MuseumMuseum980 m away
- Tower Lycurgus Logothetis MuseumMuseum1.1 km away