Rezeption

Vorbilder

Caverne de la Grotte d'Antiparos / Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53011657b.r=Antiparos%20cavern?rk=21459;2): Die Abbildung zeigt die Grotte auf Antiparos. Dabei verläuft durch die obere Hälfte ein bogenförmiger Eingang in diese. Der Grotteneingang ist gesäumt mit Pflanzen. In der Grotte sind verschiedene Feldformationen und Felssäulen zu erkennen.

Erklärung

The cave is very extensive, and extends at several levels. The lyric poet Archilochus of Paros is said to have left an inscription in the cave. In 1673, marquis de Nointel, French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire visited the cave for three days with numerous companions and celebrated mass on Christmas Day in it. Later visitors who carved their names included Lord Byron and the first king of Greece, Otto. During the German occupation, part of the cave was destroyed. The cave is fully exploited in the second half of the 1900s with funds from the EU by erecting barriers, building adequate steps, installing lighting, security cameras and loudspeakers to inform visitors.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiparos)