Case: GG-2026-174
Status: Active
Documentation rating: B
Location: Mount Penteli, Attica, Greece
Davelis Cave, also known as the Cave of Penteli or Cave of the Amomon, is a historically and archaeologically significant cave on the southwestern slopes of Mount Penteli near Athens, Greece. The site developed from an ancient quarry area associated with the extraction of Pentelic marble, was associated with the worship of Pan in antiquity, and later became a Christian monastic retreat with chapels dedicated to Saint Nicholas and Saint Spyridon. Its popular association with nineteenth-century brigand Christos Davelis is longstanding but historically disputed, while twentieth-century government…
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