An ancient monument in Greece is seriously endangered and needs our help. The Diolkos, the famous paved road constructed around 600 BC and used to transport ships by land over the Isthmus of Corinth, is unique in its kind but it has never been protected since the time of excavation (~1960).
In an effort to save and restore the structure, we have created an international petition at www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/870477005 The first signs of interest have finally arrived but the Diolkos still remains exposed to the erosion... We invite you to sign and help preserve this historical monument. Sofia Loverdou - Freelance science journalist Yiannis Balafoutas - Retired teacher, writer For more information and images, please go to www.greece.org:8080/opencms/opencms/HEC_Projects/DIOLKOS/ (for english, with gallery images) www.greekarchitects.gr/index.php?maincat=8&newid=890 (in greek, 2 pages with comments)
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More damage for Diolkos as one more block has fallen in October... Although the Archeological Service knew for months now that this particular block was half in air, the stone was not secured. One more stone, standing next to it, had fallen eight months ago…
This section of the monument is the smaller part of Diolkos found on the Peloponnese side of the Canal. The erosion reached this point around 1992; an antiquities guard notified the local Ephorate about it BUT no action was undertaken although rescue operations - at least temporary ones - would have been childish...
Recently, various internet portals have presented the unbelievable sufferings of Diolkos and the inefficiency of the mechanisms that were SUPPOSED to protect the monument.
In one of these, http://www.hotstation.gr/article-1480--0-0.html , there is also an image of the 2006 report by the General Secretary of the Ministry "informing" the Prime Minister (!!!) that the waves "have by now begun to erode the monument's substrate"...
For an overall presentation of the Diolkos case, please go to:
www.huts.gr/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=35
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