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GOLEM GRAD ISLAND (ГОЛЕМ ГОЛЕМ)

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Prepa, Northern Macedonia
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This "big town" (golem grad) is also known as the island of snakes or "Île Saint-Pierre". It is the only island in the country and a magnificent natural reserve with exceptional flora and fauna: snakes, turtles, birds… 750 m long and 450 m wide, its summit is 50 m above the lake. Today, uninhabited, it houses the remains of several civilizations. Golem Grad was indeed populated for two thousand years, and the monasteries were active between the Xe and the XIV century. In addition to a Roman necropolis, six churches were discovered. Among them, Saint Peter's Church, erected at the time of the Serbian Lord Volkašin (XIV century), was best preserved. One of its characteristics is the fresco of the leak of Mary in Egypt, a theme rarely represented in medieval churches of the region. You can also see a paleochristian basilica (end of the century-Ve century), in which the fragments of a mosaic have been discovered. To admire all this, he does not fear snakes. They would be 50,000 on the island. To say that we cross all the time, all the time, in water and in trees. The researcher of the CNRS Xavier Bonnet, a snake specialist, conducted several missions and was reassuring: The two most common species are not dangerous: tesselated snakes are not venimous and ammodyte vials bite scarcely. These animals are very fearful, not the kind to jump to your ankle. " "

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frayeurs attirantes sur une ile mystérieusee
Ce n'est pas difficile de se rendre sur l'ile. C'est à l'Hôtel Lakeview, qu'on s'adresse pour trouver un batelier avec sa barque à fond plat.Compter 60 euros pour la matinée, car il faut revenir avant 13 heures à cause du vent qui rend la navigation dangereuse sur le lac dans l'après-midi.Du reste on ne part si le temps est venteux. personnes peuvent tenir à bord. Le trajet est un spectacle de toute beauté. Des montagnes tout autour, bleues et vertes sous un ciel méditerrannéen. Des oiseaux par milliers dans le ciel, et sur l'eau dont 2 espèces de pélicans. L'arrivée sur l'ile est impressionnante, des milliers de cormorans noirs occupent les branches dépouillées des genèvriers morts au bord de la falaise. Une fois sur l'ile on doit faire attention où mettre les pieds et les mains . 20000 serpe,ts ont été recensés sur l'ile et ses abords par les herpétologues qui ne cessent d'étudier ce phénomène particulier, dont beaucoup de couleuvres des tortues mais aussi de petites vipères. Ils se font très discrets en fin d'été. La promenade sur l'ile est à la fois inquiétante et merveilleuse. Le chemin de retour est tout aussi beau, avec le vent qui souffle, les passagers reviennent un peu mouillés

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