Exploring Safaka Cave above Stone Maissonetes in Aigio, Greece

We explored Cave above Stone Maissonetes in Aigio, Greece. The cave was named by Andritsos Safakas.

Andritsos Safakas was chieftain. He was born in Artotina in 1775 - 1780, originally from Brufliani (today's Dilofo) in Fthiotida. His father's surname was Karadimas. He himself took the surname Safakas, probably from the Turkish "safak" (=lightning). Both before the Revolution of 1821 and after its outbreak, Safakas was sometimes in confrontation with the Ottomans and at other times, especially when the situation seemed to be getting out of the control of the revolutionaries, he worshiped the Sultan, perhaps hoping for a change of circumstances sometime later, which would enable him to turn again against the latter's troops.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Safakas was in confrontation with Ali Pasha of Ioannina and in 1806, to escape, he was forced to take refuge in Lefkada. Later and after he returned to his place, he again came into confrontation with the Pasha of Ioannina and Veli Pasha and worshiped them until 1820 when he abandoned them. When the revolution broke out he joined the camp of Mavrokordatos and managed to prevail over his local rivals. He participated in the National Assembly of Epidaurus as a representative of his province. He took part in the civil war and participated in the looting that took place in the Peloponnese, by the Rumeliotes. When the sultan's troops entered Roumeli (1826), Safakas declared submission and was appointed charioteer, but after the intervention of the administration he returned to the rebel camp until the fall of Messolonghi. After the death of Karaiskakis and the failure of the Greek operations in Attica, Safakas again crossed over to the Turkish camp, was taken hostage to Lamia and then to Ioannina from where he managed to escape. He tried to return to mountainous Nafpaktia but was finally murdered by his brother-in-law Sotiris Stratos, who sent his head to Kioutachi (August 1828).

Timestamps

Climbing Mountain (0:00)
Outside The Cave (8:00)
Going Inside The Cave (9:00)
Climbing Up In The Cave (11:00)
Returning Home (17:00)