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) sinking of "Laconia". The sinking of the RMS Laconia was featured in the Animal Planet show, River Monsters, in an episode titled, "Killers from the Abyss." RMS Laconia (1921) The second RMS "Laconia" was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911-1917 "Laconia". The new ship was launched on 9 April 1921, and made her maiden voyage on 25 May 1922 from Southampton to New York City. At the outbreak of World War II she was converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, and subsequently a troopship. Like her predecessor, sunk during