CAVE OF THE LAKES – A Dreamlike Tour
Papailiou Alexandros
Colour short film (1994), directed by A. Papailiou and produced by the Kastria Community Enterprise with the sponsorship of the GNTO, presenting the Cave of the Lakes and mountainous Achaia as a destination of natural and archaeological interest. The film includes footage from the interior of the cave, its terraced lakes, palaeontological finds and accounts concerning its discovery in 1964. It also features the Diakopto–Kalavryta Rack Railway, the Vouraikos Gorge, the historic monasteries of Mega Spilaio and Agia Lavra, as well as the town of Kalavryta.
Item type:
Audio Visual
Date:
1994
Subject:
Hippopotamus antiquus, Agia Lavra, Apanokampos, Aroanios River, archaeological sites, limestone formations, Achaia, biospeleology, geological formation, geotourism, Diakopto, Vouraikos National Park, Greek mythology, Greek nature, Greek National Tourism Organisation, Greek National Tourism Organisation, cave exploration, exploration expeditions, cave interior, Zachlorou, religious tourism, history, Kalavryta, Kastria, waterfalls, cave filming, Kleitoria, Kastria Community Enterprise, lakes, Lousoi, Mega Spilaio Monastery, Melampus, monasteries of the Peloponnese, myth of the Proetides, Neraidorachi, bats, rack railway, mountain villages, mountain tourism, palaeontology, Panagiotis Glavas, traditional settlements, Peloponnese, Planitero, cultural heritage, cultural tourism, rivers, protected nature, caves of Greece, Cave of the Lakes, speleogenesis, cave formations, speleology, speleological research, speleological society, stalagmites, stalactites, Tempelis, Vasilis, tourism, tourism development, Waters of the Styx, subterranean ecosystems, underground river, Vouraikos Gorge, gorges, natural heritage, natural monument, natural landscape, natural landscape, nature tourism, Helmos
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