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Lakonia

Tainaros

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Lakonia

Tainaros

Tainaros

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Location: Lakonia, Greece

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  • Greece's most southern mainland point has had symbolic cultural and strategic military significance for thousands of years. Ruins and traces of human use abound, but the only surviving structure are some crumbling walls of the Death Oracle of Poseidon Tainarios, God of the sea, not just for sailors.
    There are many faint traces of ancient houses and port fortifications cut into the rocks still visible. Today the only other inhabitants, particularly in winter, are a few cows. A rough 1 km hiking trail leads to the lighthouse at the tip of the Cape Tenaro, also known as Cape Matapan ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Matapan ), the second southernmost point in mainland Europe (after Cape Tarifa in Spain).

    • August 28, 2019

  • Inside the ruins there is a small altar... don't forget the offering 😉

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    • September 3, 2022

  • Ruin of a chapel at the Cape

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    • August 28, 2019

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Location: Lakonia, Greece

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