the last day of digging we were able to visit the museum which houses Messene beautiful examples of sculpture from the site. But our stay in Greece was not just sweat and effort, because we have explored the length and breadth of the territory of Messenia coming up to the extreme southern tip, called the head Tenaro. Here, after a three-hour journey along winding desert, in an almost lunar landscape we've entered a temple, once considered an entrance of the Underworld.
However, we agree Methoni and Koroni, the two fortresses of the Venetian era (XI-XIII century), the places that most of all we have left an indelible mark. Also, how can we forget our visit to the home of Nestor in Pylos and the walk on the walls of the Palaiokastro Voidikilià, close to 'Sfacteria Island, where he fought the battle for the liberation of the Spartans in 425 Messeni a. C. Along the Damiana journey made us sit on the rocks of the cave by Nele, the legendary father of Nestor, and we read some excerpts from the testimony of the historian Pausanias. Indescribable suggestion that we tested.
on those ruins overlooking the sea Just what we experienced 'desire to' infinite so many writers and artists have tried to express through their works. We realized that studying the thoughts of the ancients, although it may look something like their decomposed skeletons, is actually alive who knows subtract the flow of time. (END)
Giulia Pasqualin, Marta Meneghello III B III C Liceo Classico
G. Cotta Legnago
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