Europe’s leading heritage organization criticizes the Monemvasia cable car project, urging suspension to protect the medieval fortress and its candidacy for UNESCO World Heritage status

Meanwhile, another fire that erupted earlier the same day, around 5:00 a.m., in Kato Asites, Heraklion municipality, in Crete, has now been brought under control.

Heritage experts warn that a proposed cable car project slated for Monemvasia threatens the integrity of the medieval fortress town.

The historic fortress town of Monemvasia in the Peloponnese is under threat due to culture ministry plans to construct a cable car there.