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The snaky path that guides the melting snow towards the Verligka lake and is called "strofiligkia" because of its pattern. Verligka or Vrigga lake, which in Vlach language means "circle". It is located at 2,050m on Lakmos mount occupying an area of about 2-2,5 acres. The alpine lake is the springs of the river Achelous, the second largest river in Greece.
The myth says that a giant beast or dragon or even possibly a black ram jumped once out of the rock, twirled around forming the Verligka lake and then lost forever inside the guts of Lakmos mount, where the water is lost underneath the rock to fill in his travel the riverbed of Achelous.


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My name is Elias Pentikis and I am a landscape-cityscape photographer and lately a portrait photographer. I am a Greek who was born and lives in Kavala - Greece. A small city and capital to a region of around 60,000 souls, in the Greek East Macedonia. During my photographic journey so far, I have been awarded the following: - In 2013 a photo of mine was published in the book Best of Photography 2013 at the 33rd contest of Photographer's Forum (pfmagazine.com) sponsored by Sigma. - In 2014 another photo of mine was published in the book Best of Photography 2014 at the 34th contest of Photographer's Forum (pfmagazine.com), also sponsored by Sigma while at the same time, this photo received an Honorable Mention. - In 2016 I received...