Home to goddess Demeter and Nymphs, Mainalo echoes with “shepherds’ love songs and Pan’s flute.”
Mt. Mainalo with an altitude of 6,496 feet occupies the center of the Peloponnese and the greater part of Arcadia’s western side. It extends from Tripoli to river Lousios, to the west, and from Megalopolis to river Ladonas, to the north. The purely mountainous area is approximately 172,974 acres so Mainalo is considered one of the most extensive mountain ranges in Greece!
The landscape features dozens of peaks and ravines interchanging with pastures and plateaus. It is complemented by springs and streams that form some of the largest aquifers in the Peloponnese. A magnificent fir forest extends into about 65% of the mountain balanced by oak, pine, and cedar clusters. There’s a wide variety of shrubs and herbaceous plants, and flowers at the plateaus form breathtaking, rich lawns. Since 2011, Mainalo is included in the European Natura 2000 Network and is a designated Special Area of Conservation.
This story is from the March 2017 edition of Politismos Magazine for Greek History, Culture and Art.
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