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Proti Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/9/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Kınalıada

[TR] 

Kınalıada, Prens Adaları diye bilinen ada topluluğunun meskûn olanlarının içinde İstanbul’a en yakın adadır. Belki de bu yüzden, Bizans döneminde ada sürgünlerinin çoğu buraya getirilmiştir. Bu sürgünlerin en önemlisi Romen Diyojen’dir. Eski adı Proti'dir.

En çıplak adalardan biridir, en az ağaç bu adada görülür. Adı, demir ve bakır madenlerinin etkisiyle kızılımtırak olan toprağının renginden gelir.

 

[EN]

Kınalıada (Greek: Πρώτη, Proti) is an island in the Sea of Marmara; it is the closest of the Prince Islands to Istanbul, Turkey, about 12 kilometres (7 mi) south.

Kınalıada means "Henna Island" in Turkish, as the land has a reddish colour from the iron and copper that has been mined here. This is one of the least forested of the Prince Islands.

Proti was the island most used as a place of exile under the Byzantine Empire. The most notable exile was emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, who remained in the Monastery of the Transfiguration on Hristo Peak of the island.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[TR] Xvmvy xnlnqn, xöxyrer lnxva travf blhxgn<br />[EN] Va gur jvqr ubyr bs gur erqqvfu ebpx, pybfr gb gur ebbgf

Decryption Key

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)