The "big rock" of Greece, Monemvasia
October 2nd 2008 On to Monemvasia. A most unusual place.
The name means "single entrance".
It is an iceberg of an island, jutting almost straight up out of the sea, connected to the mainland town of Gefyra by way of a causeway. Founded in the 6th century, the town saw most of it's inhabitants leave during the Nazi occupation of WWII, and the Greek Civil War, which ended in 1949.
The lower town of Monemvasia
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