Согласно легенде, одна из них – нимфа Мелисса – настолько сильно любила Пана, что, будучи отвергнутой, выплакала все свои слёзы в озеро. Научная версия образования Мелиссани более прозаична. Учёные полагают, что подземный водоём на острове Кефалония был образован в результате растворения горных пород.
Воды озера – идеально прозрачные и бирюзовые – состоят наполовину из пресной, наполовину из морской воды. Последняя попадает в Мелиссани с противоположной стороны Кефалонии, пройдя путь в четырнадцать километров по тридцатиметровой глубине.
Пещера, в которой находится озеро, состоит из двух просторных залов. В
центре Мелиссани стоит небольшой островок. Края озера украшены
изумрудной растительностью. Свод одного из залов около четырёх тысяч лет
назад был разрушен землетрясением. Сегодня солнечные лучи, попадающие
сквозь овальное отверстие в потолке, позволяют увидеть все оттенки (от
небесного до насыщенного синего), присущие водам Мелиссани. Второй зал
пещеры освещён искусственно и украшен природными сталактитами и
сталагмитами.Пещера вместе с озером Мелиссани были открыты для туристического посещения в 1963-м году. Вход в пещеру платный – около семи евро.
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Formed
more than twenty thousand years ago, the underground lake of Melissani
is in the Greek sanctuary of the nymphs. When in 1951, a local shepherd
Giannis Petrohilos stumbled upon an amazing reservoir, in one of the
caves he discovered clay figurines Pana (the patron Saint of shepherds
and nature) and a clay disk, on which were depicted the beautiful
dancing girls.
According to legend, one of them is the nymph Melissa - so much loved the pan, being rejected, cried all my tears in the lake. The scientific version of education Melissani more prosaic. Scientists believe that the underground reservoir on the island of Kefalonia was formed as a result of dissolution of rocks.
The lake water is perfectly clear and turquoise are half fresh and half salt water. Recent falls in Melissani on the opposite side of Kefalonia, going in fourteen miles through thirty-meter depth.
The cave in which there is a lake, consists of two spacious rooms. In the center of Melissani is a small island. The edges of the lake is decorated with emerald-green vegetation. The arch of one of the rooms about four thousand years ago was destroyed by an earthquake. Today the sun rays falling through the oval hole in the ceiling, you can see all the shades (from heaven to deep blue) inherent in the waters of Melissani. The second room of the cave is artificially illuminated and decorated with natural stalactites and stalagmites.
The cave with the lake Melissani were opened for tourist visits in 1963 year. The entrance to the cave paid about seven euros.
According to legend, one of them is the nymph Melissa - so much loved the pan, being rejected, cried all my tears in the lake. The scientific version of education Melissani more prosaic. Scientists believe that the underground reservoir on the island of Kefalonia was formed as a result of dissolution of rocks.
The lake water is perfectly clear and turquoise are half fresh and half salt water. Recent falls in Melissani on the opposite side of Kefalonia, going in fourteen miles through thirty-meter depth.
The cave in which there is a lake, consists of two spacious rooms. In the center of Melissani is a small island. The edges of the lake is decorated with emerald-green vegetation. The arch of one of the rooms about four thousand years ago was destroyed by an earthquake. Today the sun rays falling through the oval hole in the ceiling, you can see all the shades (from heaven to deep blue) inherent in the waters of Melissani. The second room of the cave is artificially illuminated and decorated with natural stalactites and stalagmites.
The cave with the lake Melissani were opened for tourist visits in 1963 year. The entrance to the cave paid about seven euros.
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