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.