By Niki Evelpidou, Tomás Figueiredo, Francesco Mauro, Vahap Tecim, Andreas Vassilopoulos
ISBN-10: 364201576X
ISBN-13: 9783642015762
Cumulative worldwide differences, taking place day-by-day, impact very important features of our existence. attribute cultural and traditional historical past, together with websites of worthy price, is lower than consistent probability. There are becoming pressures, of either typical and human foundation, equivalent to wars, con icts, traditional or technological mess ups and the consequences of worldwide weather swap. those galvanize the continual degradation of many websites integrated on this planet background record. consequently, fast strategic measures needs to be taken. normal historical past is our legacy from the earlier, that we inherited from our ancestors and cross directly to destiny generations. it is important to achieve its worth and safeguard it via all attainable ability, implementing cutting edge and sustainable motion plans that advertise worldwide foreign co-operation. This e-book goals to deal with speci c normal historical past websites in Europe, from West to East. The six international locations of research curiosity are Portugal, Malta, Greece, Italy, Romania and Turkey. for every case, the corresponding present prestige is gifted. this is often followed by way of prompt motion plans for defense and conservation, tra- ing projects that enhance the general public understanding of usual historical past concerns and efforts to estimate the natural/environmental price of the websites. The publication is the general results of an interregional initiative aiming to advertise convergence, impress public curiosity and suggest motion for radical adjustments in our perspective in the direction of history conservation.
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The naval strength of Athens in the fifth century BC and the silver decorations of its buildings are indications of the riches of the Lavrion mines. Apart from the ancient silver mining, Lavrion is known worldwide for the variety and the beauty of its mineral samples. These can be still found underground in the galleries, but also on the surface, wherever mining waste has been left. Kyanotrichite, Lavrion A water tank in Soureza valley A. gr N. Evelpidou et al. 1007/978-3-642-01577-9_3, C Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 27 28 A.
The Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark applies certain management measures for the protection, conservation and promotion of the inventory of geosites present in Pine (Pinoxylon paradoxum). One of the most characteristic petrified trunks in the Petrified Forest Park discovered in its original position. This is a conifer of the Protopinaceae family and it is characterized by extremely well-preserved bark, internal structure and root system. 20 meters. In the trunk’s interior structure are impressive large annual rings with a number of concentric groups, a characteristic feature of this species.
Water tanks and the remaining of the drainage system can be still seen in the Soureza valley. Using Lavrion silver, Themistocles was able to build the powerful Athenian fleet, which together with that of the rest of Greece saved the ancient civilisation at the battle of Salamis. The Athenian triremes then numbered 200, out of a total of 314 in Greece. Every trireme cost two talents, which were equivalent to 54 kg of silver. Before the Peloponnesian war, 270 tons of silver were stored in the treasury of the Parthenon and as much again was in circulation as coinage: the Athenian silver coin “glafka” (=owl).