#pindos

[psikonauti]

The wild horses of Pindus mountain

#pindos #greece #wild horses #animals #upl #va #art #photography #unknown photographer

[tuxedomoondesire]

#Epirus #berg #mount #mountains #Greece #Europe #south europe #Pindus #Pindos #travel #nature #hiking

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Meteora is an exquisite complex that consists of huge dark stone pillars rising outside Trikala, near the mountains of Pindos.

Monasteries that sit on top of these rocks make up the second most important monastic community in Greece, after Mount Athos in Halkidiki.

Out of the thirty monasteries that were founded throughout the centuries, only six of them are active today.

History of Meteora goes many millenniums back. In Greek, the name Meteora aptly translates to “suspended in air.”

Theories upon the creation of this natural phenomenon are associated with the geological movements that have occurred several geological periods ago.

Scientists believe that these pillars were formatted about 60 million years ago, during the Tertiary Period.

That time, the area was covered by sea but a series of earth movements caused the seabed to withdraw.

The mountains left were continuously hit by strong winds and waves, which, in combination with extreme weather conditions, affected their shape.

This is why the pillars are composed of sandstone and conglomerate.

In Byzantine times, monks had the inspiration to construct monasteries on top of these rocks so that they would be closer to god.

The foundation of Meteora monasteries began around the 11th century CE.

In the 12th century CE, the first ascetic state was officially formed and established a church to the Mother of God as their worshiping center.

Activities on this church were not only related to worshiping God, but hermits used these occasions to discuss their problems and exchange ideas relating to their ascetic life there.

In the 14th century CE, Saint Athanasios established the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of Jesus and named this huge rock Meteoro, which means ''hanged from nowhere.''

This monastery is also known as the Holy Monastery of the Great Meteoron, the largest of all monasteries.

For many centuries, the monks used scaffolds for climbing the rocks and getting supplies.

As years passed, this method was followed by the use of nets with hooks and rope ladders. Sometimes a basket was used, which was pulled up by the monks.

Wooden ladders of 40 meters long were also one of the essential tools for accessing the monasteries.

Between the 15th-17th century CE, Meteora was at its prime with the arrival of many monks from other monasteries or people who wanted to lead an ascetic life in this divine environment.

However, the prosperity of Meteora during that time started to fade away after the 17th century CE, mainly due to the raids of thieves and conquerors.

These caused many monasteries to be abandoned or destructed.

Today, only 6 monasteries operate with a handful of monks each. The only nunnery (female monastery) is the Monastery of Agios Stefanos.

Meteora was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988 because of the outstanding architecture and beauty of the complex, in addition to its religious and artistic significance.

📷: credit to the owner (photo 1) / Christos Kapoulas (photos 2 and 3)

© Greeka

#Meteora #Trikala #Pindos #Greece #monasteries #pillars #Tertiary Period #church #Saint Athanasios #Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of Jesus #Holy Monastery of the Great Meteoron #monks #nunnery #Monastery of Agios Stefanos #rock formation #UNESCO World Heritage List #architecture #Thessaly #nuns

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Α brief story of an ancient ring found in a buried ancient city high up the rough Pindos mountains. "I love you very much" 💙

by archaeostoryteller on instagram

#ancient greece #pindos #greece #archaeology

[stealthisnick]

#in viaggio #zagorohoria #pindos #grecia

[coffeenewstom]

Griechischer Kaffee-Moment: griechischer Kaffee mit griechischem Wasser

Griechischer Kaffee-Moment: griechischer Kaffee mit griechischem Wasser

Wer den guten Kaffee, wie man ihn im Urlaub serviert bekommen hat, möglichst genau nachahmen möchte, der greife am besten auf griechisches Wasser zurück. Schließlich wird Kaffee in Griechenland meistens auch mit Flaschenwasser gekocht – das Leitungswasser ist vielerorts nicht dazu geeignet. Hierzulande gut erhältlich ist das Wasser von Zagori. Das Natürliche Mineralwasser sammelt sich in…

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#Epirus #griechisches Mineralwasser #griechisches Wasser #Mineralwasser #Mitsikeli #Pindos #Wasser #Zagori #Zagorochoria

[aucoeurdeschevaux]

L'Aénos, un cheval sauvage de Céphalonie adapté à l'altitude de la Source de vie

#aénos #race #ainos #grèce #céphalonien #races poneys #équidés #pindos #mont ainos #chevaux sauvages #cheval sauvage #poneys sauvages #ainos pony #monastère de la source de vie #montagnes du pinde

[federer7]

Porteadoras camiño de Cee. O Pindo, A Coruña, Galicia, España. 1924

Foto: Ruth Anderson

#Ruth Anderson #Porteadoras #Cee #O Pindo #1924

[rjalker]

look at these Butia* palm flowers, June 15th, 2023.

[ID: Two photographs of a palm tree from the genus Butia.

The first photo is taken from ground level, looking up at the tree, which has long green fronds. In the center is a large flower stalk that is yellow and red.

The second photo zooms in on the flower stalk, showing that it is covered in thousands of tiny yellow and red flowers.

End ID.]

the asterisk is because this is from the genus Butia, not a specific species. It used to be just one species, but then it was split into two, and I have no idea how to tell the two apart, and most people growing / selling them also don't know or just don't care.

These trees are also sometimes called Pindo palms, or jelly palms. Sometimes African jelly palms, though they're not from Africa.

Either way, if the flowers are pollinated (and there was a bee flying around up there helping!), the trees will form golf-ball sized orange fruits (I think they're technically dates?) that are sometimes called pina colada fruits, because they taste super tropical and awesome.

Here's two, each from a different tree. Like animals, plants are their own individuals, and each have their own individual traits, so some trees will have bigger fruits than others, and they'll each have their own unique flavor:

[ID: A photograph of two white hands holding up two Butia palm fruits to the camera. Both are orange, but the one on the left is smaller and more deeply orange, with unblemished skin, and the one on the right is larger, wider, and slightly paler orange, with some bruising on the skin. On the sidewalk in the background, and the grass next to it, more of the smaller orange fruits can be seen. End ID.]

The smaller one here was growing at a gas station, so uh, yeah don't eat fruits growing at gas stations even if you know the species itself isn't poisonous, lol. You also obviously need to make sure when you're collecting the fruit in general that it has not been sprayed with pesticide.

If your neighbors grow these trees and you know they don't use pesticides or anything, you can probably ask if it's okay to collect the fruit, and they'll probably thank you since it means they don't have to do it themselves.

If You own one of these trees, you can spread a tarp or a net out below the tree to catch the fruit when it falls so it doesn't get dirty :)

These fruits are very fiberous, so they can cause an upset stomach for some people, but you can squish them and drink the juice, which is where it gets the name African jelly palm -- mix the juice with pectin, and you've got some fruity tropical jelly!

They have a single seed in the center, which is.......pretty sure the word is polyembryonic, it's one seed but it's got three or four uh, babies inside. So if you grow one seed, you should get multiple seedlings that come up.

You can look at a seed and see each of the different...embyros. I'm not sure if that's even the right word for this but eh.

[ID: Two photos placed next to eachother of a cleaned seed from a Butia palm, held by a white hand over a sidewalk. The seed is light brown, has a hard coat, and is oval shaped, with a dark circle toward the narrow end. When turned upright, three lines can be seen trisecting the seed into three sections. End ID.]

These trees are commonly planted in the southern united states as decorative trees, and most people don't know the fruit's edible, or if they do, they just don't care.

We collected a bunch of seeds last year but weren't sure how to get them growing, so now I have one in a container of water and dirt with some canna lilies as part of the experiment.

I'm not sure how long it takes these trees until they can produce fruit, but if you find one with fruit on it...definitely make a note to come back in August or so and see if you can get any when it's ripe.

Pindo, Butia, or Jelly palms can be told apart from other commonly planted palm trees in the Southern US from their long fronds with the leaves radiating out from the central, vein, while most other palms have fronds with a long stem, then a fan shape at the end where the leaves radiate out:

[ID: An MS paint drawing of two scribbled palm fronds drawn in green.

The top one is labeled, "Cabbage palm native to North America" with a smiley emoticon, and continues, "Technically also has edible fruit but it's tiny with a big seed and dry and the birds will appreciate it more. Shaped like a hand or fan." The frond has a long stem, then a wider, jagged end. Several small black circles are labeled, "Tiny black fruits".

The second one is labeled, "Butia / Pindo native to South America" with a smiley emoticon, and continues, "Shaped like a feather", with several orange and gold circles labeled, "Yay fruit" and "golf-ball sized fruits", with one having orange lines radiating out from it. End ID.]

These fruits ripen around August, so keep an eye out then! You can collect them off the ground (if it's safe to do so), or if you've got a ladder or step stool, off the branch if they're ripe enough to come off easily.

If / when I get any of the seeds to germinate I will let you know :)

#long post #wild edibles #well. #if you're in their native range they're wild lol #edible foraging #foraging #urban edibles #urban foraging #described images #palm fruit #dates #pindo palm #butia palm #jelly palm

[ereh-emanresu-tresni]

I desperately need to get back into foraging

#when i was in sc there were still a few peppervine berries lingering in late season and i was so excited lol #also was peak season of an on-year for the junipers around my dad's (they fruit on a 3-year cycle and most in the neighborhood are synced) #so that was extremely so. sadly the pindo palms were out and they gravel filled the backyard so ground cherries were gone #but yeah i am at least glad there was something lol. now just need to learn what there is here and get the energy to actually go out more

[senhorlevamepronto]

#Galicia #Monte Pindo #Néboa #Fog

[stavrakas]

i hate living on an island dependent on tourism i hate having to serve the snobbiest people on this planet i hate jobs that require good interpersonal communication skills i hate tourists

#i just want to live in a little village. on a mountain. maybe somewhere near arta or giannena. no tourism. #i want to be taught how to churn BUTTER i want to be taught actually useful skills and not how to do the 7th check in of the hour #in a hotel with a broken fucking printer #people who live in villages in like fucking pindos or something. you have no idea how much i envy you #vs

[ggslive]

Καινούργιο clip από Pindos Atletico

Το ραπ σχήμα από την Πίνδο που έχει δώσει στο ραπ μία νεα μορφή και ήχο κυκλοφόρησε στις 4 Οκτωβρίου το βίντεοκλιπ από τον δίσκο ΔΕΝΤΡΙΜ με το ομόνυμο track PINDOS OLEO.Να σημειωθεί ότι στο κομμάτι του producing είναι ο Mpelafon . Facebook Instagram TikTok Twitter follow us in social media Δες το εδω Επιμέλεια κιεμένου:Antonis Georgiou

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#DRILL #ΔΕΝΤΡΙΜ #mpelafon #MUSIC NEWS #NEWSONG #PINDOS ATLETICO #pindos oleo #RAP #RAP NEWS

[sournote2014]

Are there two Queen Lupas?

#reina lupa #covas españa #mount pindo #ai rohan #tamsin parker art

[stealthisnick]

#in viaggio #zagorohoria #pindos #grecia

[batikargreen]

Gamis babar pindo  jumbo cap batik pekalongan

Gamis babar pindo  jumbo cap batik pekalongan,untuk spesifikasi ada pada gambarnya y kak, baik ukuran dan lain-lainya,warna serian 5 pcs sesui digambar. Harga Grosir  72.000/min5pc | Kodian  70.000/min10pc * Reseller 70.000/min5pc ( Cara menjadi reseller klik disini ) * Agen 69.000/min5pc ( Cara menjadi Agen klik disini ) CARA PESAN sebutkan apa yang mau di order / kirim gambar/ judul baju dan…

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