Brauron is an early sanctuary site of Attica. It was established during the Neolithic era, 2000-1600 B.C. Iphigeneia, a priestess of the goddess Artemis, was buried at Brauron and was also honored as a goddess of child-birth. The goddess Artemis was the protector of women during child-birth and of the newborn; she was also the goddess of vegetation and hunting. Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike;; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ... The Neolithic, (Greek neos = new, lithos = stone, or New Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age. ... The sacrifice of Iphigenia by the Illioupersis Painter Iphigeneia (gr. ... The Artemis of Versailles, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic marble sculpture, now at the Louvre Museum. ...

In 1948, Ioannes Papadimitriou, began excavating this site. Professor Ch. Bouras continued the restoration during the 1950s and 1960s.

Among the monuments are the big stoa of the interior courtyard, opening toward the temple of Aphrodite, the temple of Artemis, the temple of Iphigeneia, and the stone bridge over the Erasinos River.

This information was from Hellinic Ministry of Culture.