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DIALISKARI (Small port) GARGALIANI
The 'port' of Dialiskari is situated 6 kms west of Gargaliani
and 2 kms south of Marathos.
It is an ancient town, which according to the researcher and Headmaster of the
local High school, Mr. Sot. Liritzis is the same as the ancient town of Erana
of Stravonas. Mr. Nathan Valmin who has carefully studied the ruins of Dialiskari
has come to the following conclusion: "I am coming across ancient Erana when
I see the ruins of Dialiskari." There are ruins of probably Roman buildings
with mosaic floors and tiled yards and bedrooms.
There are two marble streaked pillars, two capitals of Ionian Order,
ten bases of Ionian pillars and plenty of shards. The small church of "St. Nicolas"
stands just 50 metres southeast of the Port of Dialiskari. It was built by the
survivors of a shipwreck in1900.
This text is cited Oct 2003 from the Municipality of Gargaliani URL below
PROTI (Island) MESSINIA
This is a beautiful small island opposite Gargaliani.
It is only one mile from the shore. It has no water and it is inhabited. It is
used for the winter grass of the sheep. Its name, Proteas, is from the son of
the sea God Poseidon.
This island is of great archaeological importance. There are ruins
of the acropolis of either of Mycenaean or pre classical time with walls and a
circling castle. In the point "Grammeno" there are about 30 signposts
of wishes for fair voyages throughout the Post Classical, Roman and Byzantine
era. These signposts have wishes of the various salesmen who had been there with
their boats in order to survive from storms and asked the gods to offer them safety
during their voyages. In the island there is also a small chapel dedicated to
fair voyaging and Artemis and there has been built a small church to honour Virgin
Mary.
During the thriving of piracy, Proti was used as a hideout by the
pirate Katoulias, and it was in Proti that the battleship, "Spetsai"
anchored in 1899 to survive from a heavy storm in the Ionian Sea.
This text is cited Oct 2003 from the Municipality of Gargaliani URL below, which contains images
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