Peloponese Treasure
Greece is developing unbelievably fast, and whilst focus is on lowering inflation in time to join the E.M.U, unfortunately the state of the landscape is being overlooked. This is highly apparent around the area of Patras (or Patrash! as it is unaffectionately known by it's transient tourist trade) which has begun to resemble an enormous building site. The location of Patrash! is on the north coast of the peloponese sandwiched between beautiful mountains, high enough to be covered in snow during the winter months, and the batheable water of the gulf of Corinth. This is an area, therefore, of extraordinary topographic variety. Sadly, it is now largely destroyed by one long breathless strip of construction which scars its way onward to Athens. This deluge of construction is also spreading. At the moment the peloponese is still one place scattered with spectacular regions of natural beauty, but as nothing is done to prevent development in these sites, this page is dedicated, not posthumously yet but very soon, to some of the treasures that can be found. |