I decided to begin sharing a tiny morsel of my obsession with abandoned places and things by using my blog to post some of my adventures amongst them, for all of my fellow explorers out there and those on the internet hungry for a good discovery or history lesson.
Place: Palio Hora village
Location: Kythira Island, Greece
Approx. year built: 1500
Approx. year abandoned: 1537
Place: Palio Hora village
Location: Kythira Island, Greece
Approx. year built: 1500
Approx. year abandoned: 1537
History: "Palio Hora is a place of legend and history. Hidden by a magnificent gorge, legend holds that the pirate Barbarossa had to capture and torture the villagers in order to find out where it was. Beside the ruins of the fort is a terrible 330ft abyss, where mothers threw their children before leaping themselves to avoid being sold into slavery by Barbarossa. It's known as Kakia Langada (bad gorge) for that reason. You can walk the gorge of Palio Hora in five hours; the Kakia Langada beach will be your reward." (Source: http://www.greek-islands.us/kithira/)
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