Thursday, January 31, 2008

Athens


Athens, originally uploaded by Charalampos Konstantinidis.

Rhodes - Greece


Rhodes - Greece, originally uploaded by pantherinia_hd.

Monolithos - Rhodes, Greece

Castle of Monolithos. It is one of the four more powerfull fortresses of Rhodes. It is 237m high and has a magnificent view to the sea. It was built at about 1476 By the great magister D' Aubusson on top of the ruins of a Byzantine castle. This castle was never conquered.
August 2007

Ακρόπολη Λίνδου - Ρόδος / Lindos Acropolis - Rhodes Greece

Η ακρόπολη της Λίνδου βρίσκεται στην κορυφή ενός κατακόρυφου βράχου που αρχίζει αμέσως από τη θάλασσα, ύψους 116 μ. Στη στενή νότια άκρη της ακροπόλεως, δίπλα στον γκρεμό, υπάρχει ο ναός της Αθηνάς Λινδίας.

Moulins de Mykonos !


Moulins de Mykonos !, originally uploaded by Stina Baruh.

Taverna Canava


Taverna Canava, originally uploaded by Robert Louden (Back Soon).

shadow


shadow, originally uploaded by photoai.

A shadow of an windmill at Santorini island, Greece

The hope


The hope, originally uploaded by mountainous7.

The nature resists!!! Just few days after the fire burned almost everything...

Greece - Vourliotes / Samos


Greece - Vourliotes / Samos, originally uploaded by vtveen.

Damaskinos


Damaskinos, originally uploaded by zotosi.

dusk


dusk, originally uploaded by stephmel.

Pedestrian street at Karpenisi, a town at 1200 metres altitude on the mountain Timfristos, Central Greece. Sun setting behind the mountain

Greece - Platanos / Samos


Greece - Platanos / Samos, originally uploaded by vtveen.

Platanos - village square.

Greece - Vourliotes / Samos


Greece - Vourliotes / Samos, originally uploaded by vtveen.

Vourliotes - Café the Blue Chairs.

balcony


balcony, originally uploaded by stephmel.

An old lady watching the people passing by in the central pedestrian street below the Acropolis. Thission, Athens, Greece.
#91 on Explore, 11-6-07

Greece - Patmos


Greece - Patmos, originally uploaded by vtveen.

Chora, alley.
Unesco World Heritage Site

Tolo, Greece


Tolo, Greece, originally uploaded by ARKNTINA.

View of Tolo, Greece from Ancient Asini ruins. Photographed 6 November 2004.

Oia, Greece


Oia, Greece, originally uploaded by paprikaOptic.

Oia, Santorini, Greece

Greece: Windmill ruin


Greece: Windmill ruin, originally uploaded by nedgusnod1.

Ruins of a windmill on the island of Naxos in Greece

Στον φίλο μου....

... τον Ισίδωρο..... Γιατί τα ηλιοβασιλέματα στα νησιά δεν τα αφήνει κανείς πίσω του εύκολα.....

vineyard


vineyard, originally uploaded by T@sos.

at Karlovasi in wintertime

flower


flower, originally uploaded by Panos Bobolas.

Corfu - Entrance to the Old Fortress


Entrance to the Old Fortress, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

The Old Fortress stands over the Esplanade (Spianada Square) and is linked to the town by a fixed iron bridge 60 meters in length. This bridge used to be wooden and was drawn up to isolate the fortress for greater safety.

The first fortifications of the Old Fortress were started about the 6th century AD after the destruction of the ancient city of Corcyra by the Goths, who had forced the population to abandon the ancient city and to settle on the rocky promontory with its two peaks. The Byzantines fortified one of the two peaks, the one that in Venetian times was named 'Castel Vecchio' or 'Castel a Mare'. Later the Venetians fortified the other, peak called 'Castel Nuovo' or 'Castel a Terra'. Between the 6th and 13th centuries the town of Corfu lay within the walls of the fortress. In the 15th century the Venetians replaced the old fortifications. They built bastions, winding galleries and tunnels. They also erected buildings to house the military and political authorities. These bastions are considered masterpieces of military engineering.

On the open space at the foot of the peak named 'Castel a Terra' stands the church of St. George, built in 1840 by the British in Doric style. The church turned over to the Orthodox cult at the end of the British Protectorate.

Corfu - Inside the Old Fortress


Inside the Old Fortress, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

Historical archive and clock tower

Corfu - Inside the Old Fortress


Inside the Old Fortress, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

Historical archive (19th century)

Corfu - Inside the Old Fortress


Inside the Old Fortress, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

Clock tower (19th century, built during the British occupation)

Skyline of Corfu


Skyline of Corfu, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

View from the Old Fortress

Approaching Corfu's new port


Approaching Corfu's new port, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

In the background the new fortress, built in 1570 by the Venetians.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008


, originally uploaded by eleni_78.

Pireues Greece

family


family, originally uploaded by minas_of_the_north.


, originally uploaded by Lena**.

Stemnitsa -Greece

Platanos / Πλάτανος Κραθίου

Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Πλατάνου

Nafplio_1


Nafplio_1, originally uploaded by Xaprilian.

Going up


Going up, originally uploaded by Nafsika.

the royal throne


the royal throne, originally uploaded by MadroiD.

september


september, originally uploaded by g-meon.

this old house...where every door is open....

olive trees and cloudy sky


olive trees and cloudy sky, originally uploaded by xrvpaul.

flower


flower, originally uploaded by Panos Bobolas.

Αφού έπιασε αυτό, λες να επιβιώσει και το πευκάκι στην πέτρα;

Greek Violence


Greek Violence, originally uploaded by *roes*.

Storm in Karpathos. The sea went crazy.

Contemplating


Contemplating, originally uploaded by Milena T.

Sometimes you just have to sit and watch....a show like this opens hearts and souls to the infinite beauty of Mother Nature.
I felt blessed to be there and .....to be here!!

through the olive trees


through the olive trees, originally uploaded by stephmel.

my favorite path.

rust in blues


rust in blues, originally uploaded by Jordan_K.

one-arch bridge


one-arch bridge, originally uploaded by kzappaster.

This is "Allamanou" stone bridge. It was built in April of 1858 on a location called "the grand stream", a few km away from the small town of Agia towards the coastline of Thessaly (Greece)

Kleisoura Kastorias

Vikos gorge.


Vikos gorge., originally uploaded by (c) Esh pictures.

Just a safe place...


Just a safe place..., originally uploaded by teo58.

Port of Naoussa, Paros island, Greece

Oracle of the Dead and convent of Agios Ioannis Prodromos

The most famous nekromanteion (or nekyomanteion), or oracle of the dead, of the ancient Greek world lies near the northwest shores of the Acherousian Lake, where Acheron and Kokytos, the rivers of Hades, meet. Ancient literary sources describe the Acherousian Lake as the place where the dead began their descent to Hades, and associate Ephyra, the Epirote city located further north, with the ancient cult of the god of death.

The nekromanteion attracted people wishing to meet the souls of the dead, as these were able to foresee the future after having left their body. Homer provides the earliest reference to the nekromanteion of Acheron in his Odyssey, when Circe advises Ulysses to meet Teiresias, the blind seer, in the underworld in order to get an oracle for his return to Ithaka (k, 488, etc). Homer also gives a vivid account of the mortal Odysseus's descent to Hades (l, 24, et.c.). Other Greek heroes also attempted the descent into Hades: Orpheus seeking to bring back his beloved Eurydice, Hercules in his search for Cerberus, the tree-headed dog guarding the exit from Hades, whom King Eristheas had asked for, and Theseus with Peirithos in order to seize Persephone.

The remains of the actual nekromanteion date from the Hellenistic period. These comprise the sanctuary's main building, erected in the early Hellenistic period (late fourth-early third century BC), and an annex of the late third century BC, which consisted of a central courtyard surrounded by rooms and warehouses. The sanctuary operated in this form continuously for approximately two centuries, but was burnt down and ceased to function after the Roman conquest of Macedonia in 167 BC. The sanctuary's courtyard was occupied once again in the first century, when Roman settlers arrived in the plain of Acheron.

The convent of Agios Ioannis Prodromos and its cemetery were established over the ancient ruins in the early eighteenth century.

Excavated in 1958-1964 and 1976-1977 by the Archaeological Society at Athens, the nekromanteion of Acheron was the first sanctuary and oracle of the gods of the underworld to be brought to light.

Church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos

Church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos

Hall of the souls


Hall of the souls, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

Descent to the hall of the souls