STONE VILLAGE HOUSE

PRIVATE RESIDENCE

Central Arcadia - Peloponnese, Greece 

  MONASTERY OF PRODROMOS  

PHOTO CREDIT: CONSTANTINE TSOMIDES

Sixteenth Century Byzantine Monastery of Prodromos cut into the mountain side high above the Gorge of the River Loussios where, according to mythology, Zeus was bathed as an infant and Alexander the Great’s mummified remains were transported from Alexandria, Egypt, to be buried deep within the Loussios Gorge, returned to the land where his ancestors roamed.

Stone Village House, El. 2,500 ft

Construction progress photo, 
September, 2009

Northwest Elevation facing mountains & monastery.

7 Kilometers north to the historic Loussios Gorge and River.
15 Kilometers north to the Monastery Prodromos, El 4,100 ft.
50 Kilometers south to Bassae and the ancient Temple of Apollo Epicurius ( 420 B.C.)
80 Kilometers north to ancient Olympia, site of the original Olympic games.