Anavryti, Laconia Anavryti, Laconia Anavryti or Anavriti (Αναβρυτή) is a small village in Laconia, Greece on Taygetus mountain, altitude 850m. Above the Evrotas valley, Anavryti is traversed by European walking route E4. It is part of the municipal unit of Mystras. A paved road to Anavryti was built in the 1980s with donations sent by the Anavryti Hometown society in Astoria, Queens, New York. Until that time, the village could only be accessed on foot or by donkey. During World War II Nazi occupation, forces made the steep climb up to the village to destroy the houses of suspected partisans. Over the
RMS Laconia (1921) killed when the "Laconia" sank. The U-boat commander Werner Hartenstein then staged a dramatic effort to rescue the passengers and the crew of "Laconia", which involved additional German U-boats and became known as the Laconia incident. "Laconia" was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was powered by six steam turbines of 2,561 nhp, which drove twin screw propellors via double reduction gearing. The turbines were made by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, Newcastle upon Tyne. In addition to her passenger accommodation, "Laconia" had of refrigerated cargo space. "Laconia"