Zadar’s caronte
from Simone Perotti’s blog (august 31, 2013) I don’t know his face and even his name. I followed him already on arrival, passing over the head of the pier of the port. Then I look for him this morning, there he was, still, slow [...]
Fior di Levante
SONNET TO ZANTE Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers Thy gentlest of all gentle names dost take! How many memories of what radiant hours At sight of thee and thine at once awake! How many scenes of what [...]
Lepanto
Lepanto. In the Middle Ages the name of today’s Greek town Naupactus, in greek Naupaktos, in the Nomos of Aetolia and Acarnania, located on the northern coast of the strait which separates the Gulf of Corinth from that of Patras. In [...]
LogBook – along the route of “galere”
Waiting for the great expedition of Mediterranea, which will start in May 2014, we are publishing the LogBook “semi-serious” of the Mediterranea’s long summer 2013. A sailing trip from the Gulf of Corinth to Istria through the islands and the coast of eastern Greece, Albania, [...]
The Ship Shed complex of Oiniades
In the area of the Acheloos River estuary, on the fertile plain formed by the river’s silt west of Mesolongi and near the village of Katochi, is the archaeological site of Oiniades 38° 24.340 N – 21° 11.935 E . The city was located on [...]
The pier of Trizonia
Ah, ogni molo è una nostalgia di pietra! E quando la nave salpa e subito ci accorgiamo che s’è aperto uno spazio tra il molo e la nave, non so perché, mi coglie un’angoscia mai provata, una nebbia di sentimenti di tristezza ……… (“Ode marittima” di [...]
Fire fighting operation
Fire is one of the most insidious threats to our forests. The distraction, or worse, vandalism and criminal act, every year incinerate thousands and thousands of acres covered with lush green trees. But the real enemy of the forest is not the fire but the [...]
Kastos and the sunset that there is not
Kastos is a low-lying, long and narrow, little island covered of olive trees. They are tall with thick trunks and giant roots which indicate that they must be several hundred years old. Boats sailing over the Ionian Sea moor safely each day. It has only [...]
Travelling to Ithaca
As you set out for Ithaca hope that your journey is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laestrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon-don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your [...]
Secret Stations
In 1941 the German Navy had built one of the main secret station for submarines among those found along the coast of the ex Yugoslavia. In 1943 did get two U-boats. The station is located inside two natural caverns along the Krka river between his [...]
