Arachneo (mountain)

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Arachneo (Αραχναίο)
View from the south of the Arachneo.

View from the south of the Arachneo.

height 1199  m
location Argolis, Peloponnese
Coordinates 37 ° 43 '0 "  N , 23 ° 2' 0"  E Coordinates: 37 ° 43 '0 "  N , 23 ° 2' 0"  E
Arachneo (mountain) (Greece)
Arachneo (mountain)

The Arachneo ( modern Greek Αραχναίο , ( n. Sg. )) Or Arachnaion ( ancient Greek Ἀραχναῖον , Latin Arachnaeum ) is a mountain in the regional district of Argolis with a height of 1199 m above sea level . It covers most of the central regional district. To the south it is connected to the Didymos massif (Δίδυμο όρος), to the north it continues in the ridges of the eastern Corinthia . The main ridge of the mountain stretches from west to east with the peaks Psilokorfi (Ψηλοκορφή, 890 m), the eponymous summit and the peaks Skounthi (Σκούνθι, 1042 m), Kalovouni (Καλοβούνι, 1139 m also called Arna or Mavrovouniι). In the east the massif runs out in a "Profitis Ilias" (approx. 800 m) above the village of Anastasopoulaika (Αναστασοπουλαίκα). The local mountain of Epidavros , the Akros , joins the Saronic Gulf . Further secondary peaks are Mavrovouni (Μαυροβούνι, 918 m), Vounokorfi (Βουνοκορφή, 900 m), Foniskos (Φονίσκος, 730 m), Chaveles (Χαβέλες, 504 m) and Giannύovouni (Γ6αννοινινοινοινοινοβ). The mountain has been completely cut down in the south, the northern slopes, which form a small plateau near Desklias (Δεσκλιάς), are partly covered with pine forests. On the foothills is the place Lygourio , as well as the ancient amphitheater of Epidaurus . To the southwest it stretches towards the port city of Nafplio .

history

Pausanias reports that the city of Lessa (Argolis) was built on the foothills of the Arachneo. On the highest peak, which is now also called Profitis Elias, there were altars of Zeus and Hera . According to Aeschylus, there was also a fire signal there that reported the capture of Troy to Mycenae . Today the church ruins Profitis Ilias are located there.

Older names of the mountains were Sapyselaton and Hysselinon.

In the Middle Ages, the Franks built the Gyklos fortress on the Skounthi to protect the pass to Arachneo .

Wind farms in the Arachneon Mountains

In 2011, the Italian company Enel Green Power SA had the first wind farm built in the mountains north of Stefani, against the resistance of the population. The Arachneo wind farm (Αραχναίο αιολικό πάρκο) consists of 33 wind turbines . 11 wind turbines were erected on the Galgouni (Γκαλγκούνη), 20 on the Psili Rachis (Ψηλή Ράχης) and two on the Goupata (Γούπατα).

The Arachneo II wind farm was built by Rokas Renewable south of Arachneo on the highest mountain range of the Arachneo. It consists of 19 wind turbines 67 m high and a rotor diameter of 87 m ( Gamesa G87, 2.0 MW). Together they have an output of 38 MW. The actual annual output is estimated at 72,000 MWh.

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at the Geodetic Institute of the Democritus University (Thrace, Δημοκριτείου Πανεπιστημίου Θράκης, Greek) ( Memento from December 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐς Ἐπίδαυρον εὐθεῖάν ἐστι κώμη Λῆσσα, ναὸς δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ ξόανοῇΛΛα τῃ. ἔστι δὲ ὄρος ὑπὲρ τῆς Λήσσης τὸ Ἀραχναῖον, πάλαι δὲ † σάπυς ἐλάτων ἐπὶ Ἰνάχου τὸ ὄνομα εἰλήφει. βωμοὶ δέ εἰσιν ἐν αὐτῷ Διός τε καὶ Ἥρας δεῆσαν ὄμβρου σφίσιν ἐνταῦθα θύουσι. Παυσανία Κορινθιακά
  3. ↑ Pausanias 2:25 , 10; David W. Rupp: The Altars of Zeus and Hera on Mount Arachnaion in the Argeia, Greece. In: Journal of Field Archeology. 3, 1976, pp. 261–268 (full text)
  4. ^ Aeschylus, Agamemnon 294.
  5. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 2, 25, 10.
  6. ↑ Hesychius sv Hysselinon .
  7. ^ Stephanionwindaction.wordpress.com
  8. ↑ News aioliko parko araxnaio at econews.gr