Nida plateau

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Nida plateau from the northeast

The Nida plateau ( Greek Οροπέδιο Νίδας Oropedio Nidas ) is a high plateau in the Psiloritis massif (also called the Ida mountains) on the Greek island of Crete . The plateau, located at an altitude of around 1350 meters , is geologically a karst formation , a polje . The north-south extension of the plateau is about three kilometers, the east-west extension about two kilometers.

location

Administratively, the Nida plateau belongs to the municipality ( Dimos ) Anogia in the regional district of Rethymno . To the main town of Anogia in the north, nine kilometers away, there is the only paved road connection that is considerably longer due to the winding route through the mountain range. To the south, an unpaved road leads from the plateau to the village of Vorizia (αορίζια), four kilometers away . The regional capital Rethymno is 36 kilometers northwest of the Nida plateau.

description

Pastureland on the plateau
Andartis Monument

The terrain of the plain slopes slightly from south to north from 1350 meters to 1340 meters and reaches its lowest point in the northeast at 1337 meters. In the south, the plain encloses a hill that rises to 1,417 meters. The area of ​​the plateau is only sparsely vegetated, it consists mainly of grassland. There are also bushes and a few trees. In summer the plateau serves as pastureland. For this purpose, dome-shaped stone houses, called mitata , were built, which serve the shepherds from Anogia as refuge and overnight accommodation. In the past they were used almost all year round.

Since 1991, the Andartis Monument by the Berlin landscape artist Karina Raeck , the “Partisan of Peace” made of 5000 large stones and laid out on the ground, has been located on the eastern edge of the plain . Above the western edge of the Nida plateau, at the foot of the 2,209 meter high mountain Koussakas (Κουσσάκας), is the Cave of Zeus , in accordance with the Greek mythology of Crete Genes Zeus to have been born and raised.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Hellenic Military Geographical Service (Ed.): Topographical Map 1: 50,000 Sheet Tympákion . Athens 1993 ( preview: click "Products Category", then click "Auxiliary Background Map" ).
  2. a b Mount Idha (psiloritis). Topographic hiking map 1: 25,000, Anavasi, Athens 2006, ISBN 960-8195-90-X .
  3. Stella Kalogeraki: Rethymnon - The soul of Crete . Mediterraneo Editions, 2002, ISBN 960-8227-15-1 , p. 30 .
  4. Nída - plateau. Vitafeel Sports and Internet Marketing, accessed June 3, 2010 .
  5. Denis Heitland: Andartis - Nida plateau. Retrieved June 3, 2010 .

Web links

Commons : Nida Plateau  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Coordinates: 35 ° 12 ′ 19 ″  N , 24 ° 50 ′ 31 ″  E