Tag Archives: Xerxes

2122 – The old pilgrimage routes to the Holy Mountain

Posted on March 22, 2020 by athosweblog

This old map from a German book dated 1934 makes it clear that the pilgrim’s  route to the Holy Mountain started in Ierissos. There were two possibilities, the eastern route to Vatopedi, Iviron and eventually Lavra and the route that … Continue reading →

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2027 – Are parts of the Xerxes Canal still visible?

Posted on November 18, 2018 by athosweblog

Aerial view of the location of the Xerxes Canal by Google Maps where I marked the probable beginning (Xerxes with his fleet came from the East) and the ending of the canal near Tripiti. Roughly the course of the canal … Continue reading →

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1757 – A northern approach to Agion Oros. Day one, part one.

Posted on October 17, 2015 by athosweblog

As the starting point of our bi-annual pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain we chose to take the boat from Ierissos. It was our first departure from that more remote spot. The town lies on the northern shore of the Athonian … Continue reading →

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614 – Xerxes canal?

Posted on November 7, 2008 by athosweblog

The Xerxes canal, etching 1693. This etching (kupferstich) offered for sale on Ebay is supposed to be the Xerxes canal. But what are the soldiers on the image doing? Does anybody know more? More on the canal here. hv

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245 – Xerxes canal

Posted on November 11, 2007 by athosweblog

Here the canal is visible on a map 1890! Above the word ” OF “. The actual site near the Athos border. <img alt=”Xerxes_canal” title=”Xerxes_canal” src=”http://athos.web-log.nl/athos_agios_oros_/images/xerxes_canal.jpg&#8221; width=”280″ height=”194″ border=”0″ /B

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