Asklepieion complex: Temple of Asklepios and Hygeia.
It's a peripteros, doric temple. It was destroyed by an unknown reason and it
was rebuilt of a local though stone. A small theatre-odeion belongs to the Asklepieion
complex. An inscription was found and it informs us that the building was found
and it informs us that the building was called "Decterion". It was a room for
rhetorical displays and assemblies. Bouleuterion: A rectangular almost square room which
belongs to the Asklepieion complex too. Its dimensions are: 19x18.30m. There are
two entrances at the west side of the building. The wall which is dated to the 3rd century B.C. is
one of the most important achievements of the ancient military architecture. Arcadic
gate which is at the north side of the wall is still very impressive. It was the
main gate of Messene as the way to Arcadic Megalopolis started from its external
"door". Temple of Artemis Limniatis or Lafria. It's a small
temple of the Ionic style. It's dated to the middle of the 3rd century B.C. Sanctuary of Zeus Ithomatas. The statue of Zeus,
designed by the Argive Sculptor named Ageladas, was here. The type of this statue,
which represented Zeus as a child, isn't known to us. Theatre-Stadium: We have only remains of the walls
which supported the concave of the theatre. The lower seats of the stadium and
especially those of the section of the sphendone were survived better than others.
