Located in the Bay MI - rampellu Agios Nikolaos is a picturesque town with a population of 8,000 people. The number of tourists visiting it more many times. This is not surprising, because the bay, where the city is completely up to its name: "Mirampellu" means "beautiful view". And the city itself is a result of many changes have been addressed to the patron saint of fishermen of St. Nicholas. Unbelievable atmosphere gives the city a beautiful lake Vulismeni. This is one of two freshwater reservoirs in Crete. According to ancient legend, in its waters bathe herself the goddess of wisdom Athena. When - is considered a bottomless lake, and connected with the spirit world. In 1865, British Admiral Thomas Spratt made its first professional metering and found that the depth of the lake -65 m. After a few years, the Turks decided to join Vulismeni shallow channel to the port. Work lasted 5 years. Of course, in those days no one thought about the consequences of such interventions in the natural environment; earthquake in Tyre (Suntory - not) in 1956 sparked the rise of waves which flooded nearby homes. This event has awakened the imagination of the famous explorer Jacques Cousteau depths (1910 -1997), who immersed himself in these places in the submersible, but did not find anything worthy of attention, except for a few cars and tanks, which drowned the Nazis before they leave the island. Read the rest of this entry »
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