Its inclusion brings the total number of protected monumental trees across the Peloponnese to 71 ... The site is also believed to have been referenced by the 2nd-centuryGreek traveller and geographer Pausanias in his writings.Advertising1 ... Advertising1.
The Vine of Pausanias is tangled and about 100 meters long ... When ancient Greek geographer Pausanias sat down to rest beneath the shade of the giant vine, he was unaware it was probably the oldest in the world ... Pausanias went for the trout.