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Profitis Ilias Summit (Taygetos)

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Profitis Ilias Summit (Taygetos)

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Profitis Ilias Summit (Taygetos)

Name: Profitis Ilias Summit (Taygetos)
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Location: Lakonia, Greece

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1. Taygetos Mountain Refuge – Manganiari Spring loop from Παλαιοπαναγιά

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2. Taygetos Mountain Refuge – Plakes Point loop from Gorani

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3. Taygetos Mountain Refuge – Plakes Point loop from Gorani

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Margit Höll 🇦🇹🚵‍♂️⛷🏄‍♀️🚶‍♀️

October 4, 2018

We made the Peloponnese crossing in May, it was ideal weather, not too hot for hiking.

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Marten

November 12, 2019

Gigantic 360 degree all-round view!
Looking south, you can see the descending Taygetos Mountains to the sea, which is divided into two parts by the Mani.
Toward the north, the mountains of the Peloponnese can be seen as far as the horizon and in the west all over Messenia.
On the small plateau of the summit, a small chapel without a roof is built out of rocks. In addition, there are still small shelters in which some have apparently already spent the night.
The summit and the small chapel are dedicated to the Prophet Iliad. There is the following story: The prophet Ilias had just escaped death after a boat accident at sea. When, miraculously, he managed to save himself on land with the help of a helm, he decided to set up a church at the highest point, where no one knows a helm as such. He asked the first person he met, "What is it that I carry under my arm?" The answer was "a rudder". The Prophet made his way uphill. Also at the next meetings he got the right answer. So people here still had a connection to the sea and knew its temptations. So he decided to climb the highest point where he encountered a lonely goatherd. He greeted him kindly and asked, "What is this, what I carry under my arm"? This time, the answer was, "I do not know, I've never seen such a thing before." Then the prophet knew that here, at the highest point, he would build his house, where men did not connect the least with the sea. Since then, there is a shelter of the Prophet Ilias in Greece on the highest mountain peaks.

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Emil

May 17, 2025

No outside water tap, shelter often closed

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Elevation 2,360 m

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Profitis Ilias Summit (Taygetos)

1. Taygetos Mountain Refuge – Manganiari Spring loop from Παλαιοπαναγιά

2. Taygetos Mountain Refuge – Plakes Point loop from Gorani

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