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GREECE CENTRAL GREECE FTHIOTIS THERMOPYLAE

2024-11-07
Thermopylae memorial Thermopylae memorial

Impressions of the Thermopylae memorial. Below: the monument dedicated to the 700 Thespians who fought with the Spartans is full of symbolisms.
Thermopylae monumwent of the Thespians

the Hot Springs
Thermopylae hot springs Thermopylae hot springs

A few hundred meters north of the memorial on the east side of the modern road - parallel to the highway that connects the North to Central and Southern Greece - are the abundant hot springs that gave the pass its name (Thermopylai = "hot springs"). The hot water contains carbonic acid, lime, salt, and sulphur and is said to cure especially skin diseases. The stink is quite remarkable.
Thermopylae hot springs Thermopylae hot springs
Thermopylae hot springs Thermopylae hot springs
Thermopylae hot springs Thermopylae hot springs
Thermopylae hot springs Thermopylae hot springs
Thermopylae refugee camp

Left: By 2016 there was a camp for refugees installed next to the hot springs. A provisional home for refugees stranded in Greece with European borders closed. Europe stinks.