Dimitsana Calendar 2006
Summary
The 2006 Dimitsana calendar, issued by the Brotherhood of Dimitsanites, focuses on historical travel accounts of Dimitsana and Gortynia. Monthly pages combine travel-writing excerpts with images and references to the surrounding landscape. The material cites Pausanias and later travellers describing Gortyna, the Lousios River, Dimitsana and its School. Some extracts include bibliographic details and notes about the journeys on which the observations were made. The publication shows how writers from different periods represented the area, its monuments and its settlements. Since the selections come from multiple historical sources, readers need to distinguish ancient testimony from later travel accounts and the calendar's editorial comments. The issue is valuable as a themed collection of quoted descriptions rather than a single original travel narrative. The publication combines the annual date grids with selected local material and now records the subjects highlighted by its editors at the time.
Key Points
- Extracts from historical travellers.
- Passages attributed to Pausanias.
- Accounts of Gortyna and Lousios.
- References to the Dimitsana School.
- Travel bibliography and source notes.
- Perspectives from different periods.