Fleves
| Fleves (Φλέβες) | ||
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| Waters | Mediterranean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Saronic Islands | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 46 '5 " N , 23 ° 45' 40" E | |
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| length | 1.53 km | |
| width | 1.4 km | |
| surface | 1.4 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 65 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Fleves ( Greek Φλέβες ( f. Pl. ), German: veins; also called Phliva or Phaura ) is an uninhabited small island in the Saronic Gulf .
geography
The island is not far from the west coast of Attica about 2.5 km from the bay of Vouliagmeni . The island, which administratively belongs to the municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, is only sparsely planted with representatives of the Phrygana . In the northern part of the island there are steep rocky cliffs that form natural arches, caves and crevices.
Fleves is owned by the Greek Navy. During the Second World War it was still a naval fortress. At the top of the cliff were heavy cannons to protect the fortress.
"Cannibal Island"
According to a legend, Fleves was the place of terrible events about 600 years ago: twelve robbers who were on the run asked a fisherman to take them to this barren island. They found only plants to eat there and, unable to get back to the coast, one by one they starved to death. The survivors consumed their dead companions until in the end only one, their former leader, was alive. From then on, the island was considered a place of evil for a long time, and no one went ashore there. Later, when shepherds occasionally grazed their sheep and goats on the island, when they woke up in the morning they always found some of their animals dead, their carcasses with stinking wounds. Even when they tried to keep watch during the night, the shepherds never found any reason for this strange phenomenon. But then the flock of a certain shepherd was spared. He had lit a fire and was sitting next to the fire when a mysterious old peasant appeared out of nowhere in the light of the flames and sat down next to him. The shepherd greeted the old man politely, his strange visitor finally began to speak, and the two talked all night. The old man said his name was Metros. When dusk fell the next morning and the old man disappeared, the shepherd discovered that he had not lost any of his sheep. From then on, visitors to the island always carefully and loudly greeted the mysterious old metros as they landed and the strange animal deaths ended.
Diving area and anchorage
The area around the island is popular with scuba divers ; Several diving schools have tours here in their program. At a depth of 12 to 6 m there is a large area with broken old amphorae. There are also numerous projectiles from the Second World War. A 4 m high cave above the surface reaches 6 m deep. In the south of the island, at a depth of 6 to 12 m, lies the 50 m long wreck of a cargo ship that sank in a storm in September 1982. The Greek destroyer Thyella sank in the same area in 1941.
In the west of the island, a bay offers a safe anchorage protected from the Meltemi , which is popular with sailors because of its peaceful location near Athens.
Individual evidence
- ↑ anagnosis.gr (English)
- ↑ Thyella on windmillstravel.net ( memento of the original from March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
