Mt Olympos / Chionistra (Χιονίστρα)
About Chionistra
Mountain/Rock
Location: Troodos, Cyprus, Europe/Asia
Lat/Lon: 34.93705°N / 32.86290°E
Activities: Hiking, Skiing
Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Elevation: 6404 ft / 1952 m
- source [Gangolf Haub]
Olympus, or Chionistra, at 1,952 metres (6,404 ft), is the highest point in Cyprus. It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. Mount Olympus peak and the "Troodos Square" fall under the territory of Platres in Limassol District. A British long range radar currently operates at Mount Olympus' peak. The Mount Olympus Ski resort consists of the Sun Valley and North Face areas. Each area has its own chairlifts and runs. On one of its promontories was a temple to Aphrodite of the Heights (Greek: ἀκραία), which women were forbidden to enter.
There are 4 ski slopes:
Aphrodite or Sun Valley I, Length: 150m, Level: Beginner
Hermes or Sun Valley II, Length: 150m, Level: Intermediate
Dias/Zeus or North Face I, Length: 500m, Level: Advanced
Hera or North Face II, Length: 350m, Level: Beginner
- source [wikipedia]
Art
Greek-Cypriot pianist/composer Cilia Petridou was born in Cyprus in 1945. She was taught by her mother from the age of four until the age of nine, when she entered the Greek Lyceum in her native town. She performed her first piano concerto, Mozart's K.488, at the age of eleven in Nicosia, at the Theatre Royal. By the age of fifteen Cilia had been awarded the Mozart Medal, the highest award in the whole of Cyprus. Unfortunately, her playing came to an abrupt end in 2002 after major surgery.
This two CD contains some beautiful and highly accessible music. CD1 is a collection of settings of Greek poetry. “Poetry written in Greek constitutes the longest uninterrupted tradition in the Western World. From Homer to the present day not a single generation of Greeks has lived without expressing its joys and sorrows in verse, and frequently in verse of outstanding originality and beauty. It is Greek poetry which has given the world the various poetic genres in which Western man has expressed his emotions and so many of his thoughts to the present day; and in many of these genres - the epic, the lyric and the dramatic - the achievements of the Greeks have yet to be superseded.” Professor C. A. Trypanis in The Penguin Book of Greek Verse.
CD2 features a collection of pieces for a variety of combinations of chamber musicians, all inspired by the history and natural beauty of Cyprus – among them Mount Olympus – or Chionistra as it is known locally.
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Music by Nikos Mihas
The Door of Nikos Mihas opens here.
[Chapter LXXII of the Diary of an Angel, Room 207 of The Second Floor The Abyss of the City of Gold, Passage: Unity]
The Door of Neil White opened here.
[Chapter LXVI of the Diary of an Angel, room 201 of the City of Gold, Passage: In The Land Of Angels]
During my walk Odoiporiko more information will be added on this page. - Halkios © 2013