In order to avoid the dangerous Cap Tainaro, ships were once dragged over the Isthmus of Corinth, a 6 km wide landbridge which connected the Peloponnesos with the mainland of Greece. There in 1893 the 23 m wide Corinth Canal was built.
In order to avoid the dangerous Cap Tainaro, ships
were once dragged over the Isthmus of Corinth, a 6 km wide landbridge
which connected the Peloponnesos with the mainland of Greece. There in
1893 the 23 m wide Corinth Canal was built.