Castella Beach Hotel Destinazioni

Corinth, at the north-eastern tip of Peloponnese, the home of Sisyphos and the great hero Bellerophon, was one of the oldest Greek city-states and among the most important ones. Strategically positioned on the Isthmos, was controlling the communication of Peloponnese with the mainland Greece. It was this position that made her the richest commercial city of ancient Greece. Equated with the Homeric city Ephyra, Corinth was the innovator and master builder of commercial and war ships and developed great wealth from the ancient times, establishing a series of colonies, among them Syracuse. Under Periander, who constructed the Diolkos, Corinth reached its greatest wealth and power. Isthmos: It was Periander who first considered to open a Canal through the Isthmos. Demetrios Poliorketes seriously considered the idea and started working on it, but he was warned that the difference in sea levels would drawn Aigina and other small islands. Nero sent 6000 slave Jews who dug a ditch 3300 meters in length and 40 meters wide, but the project was abandoned. Herod of Atticos, the Byzantines, the Venetians, they all tried. The Canal was opened after the Greek independence and between the years 1882 - 1893. It is 6346m long, and the width is 24,6m at sea level, the depth of the sea is 8m. Corinth is 130Km away from Castella Beach Hotel.