Monemvasia Monemvasia Upper City from the top Finally, here come some photos v on Monemvasia from above. The results in this special visit to make up stacked town of course fun, beautiful views and assorted cute little house ...
small at first photos from 'my' Terrace:
terrace visit to 6 clock in the morning (in the background Maleas Cape, this time seen from the east)
Two hours 
sp ethereal: Fis Cher
com men with
full throttle back of hauling nets
The neighboring
courtyards
three views through and out of my Schlafzimmerfenste r
The trees that you here (and everywhere in the city, and indeed in Chora Kythira, see), are "Paternoster trees," 5 of which are on my balcony, after now 4 years, all larger than me. I had grown from seed grains from Campo dei Greci in Venice.
And now a few of meinen Dutzenden Fotos, die ich von der Mauer der Oberstadt aus gemacht habe: ' Mein' Häuschen und Terasse (Obergeschoss, linke untere Bildhälfte)
S üdwestseite
der Stadt mit Haupt-
tor,
Ritsos' Haus, 'meiner' W ohnung, West- und Meermauer
Mittlerer Teil der Unterstadt, in dem
es nur noch wenige Ruinengrundstücke
gibt
Westteil der Stadt direkt am Fuss des Felsens, viele Ruinen, die noch nicht wieder aufgebaut wurden
eastern part of the lower and upper town (here we see a part of the ruins) and east wall. The rocks you see a small framed opening in which there is a rock band
heart of the Lower Town with P Latia, Museum (formerly Mos chee) right, cross-domed church of the Cretans, Elkomenos main church (the a uf back an early Christian chapel dates) both left the Platia
U nd finally the southwest corner of the mount with the garlic fine, which settled the entire foot of the rock of Monemvasia. Unfortunately, only very occasionally the flowers were already open. My dream is to come back now when the whole garlic flowers in soft purple balls and enveloping the cliff in his scent ...
The road to the Upper Town is a serpentine system you can hardly call stairs in the In the middle of the city on the rock wall is going up and was obviously not just for pedestrians but also for riders built . It consists of bedrock and built-in step, all different bearing long, broad, high and deep, then highest concentration is REQUIRED to can not seriously stumbles. But this is true (attenuated) to almost all paths and stairs in the city. There are some gates on the way, in the past were probably gates admitted. you see above a photograph of the "ladder" (unfortunately not so easy to recognize because of the sun's position) and the sehr großen To rgebäudegruppe oben am Eingang zur Oberstadt. 
Die Treppenaufgänge, die aus der Höhe gepflegter und regelmäßiger ausssehen als sie es von unten sind
Unten siehst Du einen inneren Teil der Toranlage, die aus mehreren Räumen, Durchgängen etc. besteht, alles für Reiter geeignet, von oben 
g esehen.
And then there is a huge ruins and rubble. Because of the hilly terrain can not see everything at once and is always surprised by new views . The ruins are quite different, Byzantine, ve nezianischer, Ottoman origin and mixed in accordance see from the wreckage ... . V enezianisches residential buildings .... Steam bath house ... . 
Türkische Grabstätt e (was ich nicht ganz glaube, die sehen eigentlich ander s aus, aber vielleicht ist es ja eine Art Mausoleum) 
Sehr beeindruckt haben mich die beiden riesigen Zisternen zur Wasserversorgung der gesamten Oberstadt (in 
der Unterstadt hatte jedes Hau s seine eigene Zisterne). Es sind sehr große am Hang gelegene zementartig versiegelte (aber again now overgrown) and walled area to catch the rain, and covered cistern building for storage of collected water. The cisterns have Venetian name, the small top is called 'Galera, the large lower' Galeazza '. The tanks you see in the upper left of the photo, above the other, the water reservoirs are below to recognize not so good.
is the only well-preserved building, which is probably the church, logically, their stones are not affected. In this case, the Agia Sofia at the far end of the rock, they oll s inside be very nice, but, as always, complete. But from the outside she is beautiful nd u also pretty romantic view. Single storey front one is obviously standing on vault tonnes, or a roof, it must be located so 'underground' or several rooms. The olive tree on its side is the only tree on the Fe loosening, apart from a eucalyptus and pine at the gatehouse of the upper town. 
The Agia Sofia and the view from her rock
monastery of Agia Sofia and olive tree
wall detail of Agia Sofia and the giant fennel letzten Jahr auf de r Klippe
Nach dem Ruinenfeld der Oberstadt führt der Pfad weiter in die Höhe des Felsens, an drei Seiten das Meer, an der vierten die lakonische 
Küste der Peloponnes. An einem regnerischen und windigen Tag (wie diesem) ist die Wanderung besonders beeindru ckend. Außer mir war nur noch ein niederländisches Ehepaar unterwegs.
Man erreicht schließlich die Akropolis, die noch einmal mit ei ner dritten Wall (after the Lower Town and Upper Town Wall) was attached and are available from the remnants, it was built during the Venetian period, is also still the thick solid powder magazine of the Venetians, the roof is completely covered .
The view from above is great and the rain certainly pleasant than in the blazing sun with no shade.
Venetian powder magazine and look at Laconia
Giannis Ritsos in Monemvasia Monemvasia Giannis Ritsos was born in 1909 and 1990 in Monemvasia buried there.
was between a life filled with his artistic and poetic work and vouch for his idea of justice as a member of the KKE, in addition, several stock stays were in the resistance against German occupation, against the Greek rights in the civil war and the colonel junta 1967-74 .
In Benaki Museum in Athens there in the attic a small permanent exhibition of touching personal belongings of Giannis Ritsis awards, prizes, medals which were awarded to him.
Here you will find a list of German editions of his work (you can borrow Greek to me). 
The terrace of the family Ritsos is
directly to the fortress wall on the gatehouse of fortress above (right big light area) of Monemvasia
The former Venetian church of San Nicol ò, today Agios Nikolaos to Giannis Ritsos' time as the elementary school (facade was never completed)
grave in the cemetery outside the fort, at the foot of the rock
Hypothek
Ich glaube an die Poesie, den Eros, den Tod.
Genau darum glaube ich an die Unsterblichkeit.
Ich schreibe einen Vers, ich schreibe die Welt.
Ich existiere, es existiert die Welt.
Aus der Spitze meines kleinen Fingers rinnt ein Fluss.
Der Himmel ist sieben mal blau.
Diese Reinheit ist wieder die erste Wahrheit.
My last wish.
(translated by me)
poster for a reading with Giannis Ritsos' daughter Reni on 05/13/2007 in Momemvasia. Stolen in the morning shortly after six, 26 M ai
from 'my' terrace to Ritsos-
terrace above left
Undercity 
From Kythira you take the Andrew II in an hour of Neapolis. From there th eorethisch by bus to Monemvasia, but every day because only two connections on the detour Molaä, with waiting time there, a day's journey comes of it, just so by taxi from Neapolis to Monemvasia (unrestrained, after I have Kythira on my holiday budget with Tax had burned ikosten) won the day. In Monemvasia I have been masses of Fo tos, all is there a motive, one can blindly press the shutter button ... here are a few views of the U nterstadt, which is in contrast to the upper town and the fortress inhabited continuously for well over 1,000 years, though i M 20 century only by a p aar individual families.
The rock of Monemvasia, seen from the Peloponnese n
the city of Monemvasia, is seen from the mainland, on the back of the rock. There are great clear aerial photos of the city , 3 and 4 Series (Copyright by www.airphots.gr)
old pavement and arches, arches ...
The museum at the Plateia. First Palace of hard Venezian it, then Ottoman mosque.
(It is believed that the Venetian building was built on the place to go, but I venture to suggest that because even a Venetian Pozzo (underground cistern wells with aboveground construction) was. Vielleicht war der Brunnen ja loggiamäßig überbaut)
Wohnsitz des
lateinischen Bischofs während der v eneziani-
sc hen Besatzung (San Marco Löwe über der Tür, sieht etwas kalbsmäßig aus...)
Zentrale Plateia: venezianischer
Pozzo, türkische Cannon
Archontenhaus to the sea side of the lower city wall
Recycled antique
marble in mid-
alterlicher wall
Portello, 
the egg Nzige
gate to the sea,
a good place for swimming
at sun sunrise
stairs 
larkspur in a ruined
wall
cross-domed church of the Cretan
Monemvasioten
caper to
the church facade
the Cretan
Here is a 
Blick in das Dachgestühl 'mei nes' Häus chens. Alle Dachstühle in Monemvasia
werden tech nisch nach dieser historischen Vorlage komplett
aus Holz (wg. Denkmalschutz) errichtet, riechen sehr gut und er zeugen hohe Decken und ein sehr wohles Wohngefühl.
The neighboring 
three views through and out of my Schlafzimmerfenste r 
S üdwestseite 
