Milky Way above the valley, Alonistaina
Photograph by Dennis Verrios
Looking down from the mountainside, a lone fir frames the Milky Way while the lights of Alonistaina glow in the valley below.
The village has its own place in the story of the Greek War of Independence. It was the birthplace of Zambia Kotsaki, mother of Theodoros Kolokotronis, the great general of the 1821 revolution, and she is buried at the village church of Agia Paraskevi.