They are a 'marker' of sorts for Greeks who fell upon some bad luck and died at this point....either by some heart attack, or accident, or maybe in WW II by Nazis.
No one says the statistical average for these or how many there are.....but you get the impression near drastic curves and bluffs.....some guy's brakes didn't hold out and he left the road....maybe in a truck, a scooter, or in a car.
On the various trips that I've been to Greece.....I've never seen anyone standing there and saying a prayer over some guy. Although you might see a candle lit on some rare occasions.
In the states, you have one-star marginal markers which lay near where some guy hit a patch of ice or ran off into some ditch. The Greek markers are all four-star 'monuments' in some ways. They don't spare any money in remember this guy or his accomplishments in life.
It's one of those odd things that you're notice if you ever get to Greece.
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