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Above the left bank of the river Lousios, at the base of a tall and wild rock and almost opposite the Philosophos Monastery, dominates the historic monastery of Timios Prodromos. It was built in the 16th century and is today one of the largest and most historic monasteries in the Peloponnese. It is a male monastery and has more monks than the other monasteries of Arcadia. Its tradition dates back to the middle of the 12th century (1167).
The frescoes, despite the damage, are remarkable and, according to Fotis Kontoglou, date back to the 16th century and belong to the Cretan School. In fact, the Cretan and Moscow are considered to belong to Theophanes. The monastery has a remarkable library with important theological and philosophical books. There are old photographs, ecclesiastical faces and letters of Kolokotroni in the Prefecture of Igoumenion and Archontariki.
The ancient Argos Theater was built in 320 BC. and is located in Argos, Greece against Larissa Hill. Nearby from this site is Agora, Roman Odeon, and the Baths of Argos. The theater is one of the largest architectural developments in Greece and was renovated in ca 120 AD.
The Hellenistic theater at Argos is cut into the hillside of the Larisa, with 90 steps up a steep incline, forming a narrow rectilinear cavea. Among the largest theaters in Greece, it held about 20,000 spectators and is divided by two landings into three horizontal sections. Staircases further divide the cavea into four cunei, corresponding to the tribes of Argos A high wall was erected to prevent unauthorized access into the theatron and may have helped the acoustics, but it is said the sound quality is still very good today.
Around 120 CE, both theaters were renovated in the Roman style.