Mount Parnitha (Parnes)

Mount Parnitha is a national park, the highest mountain in Athens and Attica, with great biodiversity.

The rare red deer.  <a target="_blank" style="color:white" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/strange_music_nature/"> Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/strange_music_nature/ </a>
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Location

Timeline

Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )

1961 Mount Partnitha becomes a protected national park.

2004 The Olympic sport of mountain biking takes place in Parnitha.

2007 A disastrous fire burns much of the park.

2021 The next big fire.

Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)

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