Kalambaka

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Kalambaka

 

Spring Flowers along the road North from Athens

 

the great King Leonidas
this monument in honor of the Spartan King and the 300 Spartans
who fell here in 480bc in the battle of Thermopylae.
The Spartans lose the battle against King Xerxes' Persians.
Erodotus estimated that Persians were one million strong.

 

Greek graveyard

 

the rocks that make Kalambaka famous

 

climbers on the rocks

 

the town in front of the rocks

 

the town as seen from on top of the rocks

 

restaurant in Kalambaka

 

children with a treat

 

maybe from the Coke stand

 

 

visitors come to see the Monasteries

More Photos of the Monasteries

 

while they can stay in the beautiful town of Kalambaka

 

calm themselves by counting their beads

 

and tending the roadside shrines


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