The Kiss

A Young couple kissing away from prying eyes inside Ioannina’s Castle.

Ancient Olympia

A place where Gods are still alive is the Ancient Olympia Archeological site. A place where every civilized man must visit at least once in his life. next to Mount Κronos lies the Olympic complex devoted to Zeus.

“Olympia lies in the wide valley of the rather small Alfeiós River (also Romanized as Alpheus, Alpheios) in the western part of the Peloponnese, today around 18 kilometers away from the Ionian Sea, but in antiquity perhaps half that distance.^[3] The name Altis was derived from a corruption of the Elean word also meaning “the grove” because the area was wooded, olive and plane trees in particular.^[4] The Altis, as the sanctuary was originally known, was an irregular quadrangular area more than 200 yards (183 meters) on each side and walled except to the North where it was bounded by the Kronion (Mount Kronos).^[5]According to Pausanias there were over 70 temples in total, as well as treasuries, altars, statues, and other structures dedicated to many deities.^[6] Somewhat in contrast to Delphi, where a similar large collection of monuments were tightly packed within the tenemos boundary, Olympia sprawled beyond the boundary wall, especially in the areas devoted to the games.
The Altis consists of a somewhat disordered arrangement of buildings, the most important of which are the Temple of Hera (or Heraion/Heraeum), the Temple of Zeus, the Pelopion, and the area of the great altar of Zeus, where the largest sacrifices were made. There was still a good deal of open or wooded areas inside the sanctuary.
To the north of the sanctuary can be found the Prytaneion and the Philippeion, as well as the array of treasuries representing the various city-states. The Metroon lies to the south of these treasuries, with the Echo Stoa to the east. The hippodrome and later stadium were located east of the Echo Stoa. To the south of the sanctuary is the South Stoa and the bouleuterion, whereas the palaestra, the workshop of Pheidias, the gymnasion, and the Leonidaion lie to the west.
Olympia was also known for the gigantic chryselephantine (ivory and gold on a wooden frame) statue of Zeus that was the cult image in his temple, sculpted by Pheidias, which was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Antipater of Sidon. Very close to the Temple of Zeus which housed this statue, the studio of Pheidias was excavated in the 1950s. Evidence found there, such as sculptor’s tools, corroborates this opinion. The ancient ruins sit north of the Alpheios River and south of Mount Kronos (named after the Greek deity Kronos). The Kladeos, a tributary of the Alpheios, flows around the area.”                                                                                                  info from wiki

The Museum

“The Archaeological Museum of Olympia, one of the most important museums in Greece, presents the long history of the most celebrated sanctuary of antiquity, the sanctuary of Zeus, father of both gods and men, where the Olympic games were born. The museum’s permanent exhibition contains finds from the excavations in the sacred precinct of the Altis dating from prehistoric times to the Early Christian period. Among the many precious exhibits the sculpture collection, for which the museum is most famous, the bronze collection, the richest collection of its type in the world, and the large terracottas collection, are especially noteworthy.

The museum building comprises exhibition rooms, auxiliary spaces and storerooms. The vestibule and twelve exhibition rooms contain objects excavated in the Altis. The auxiliary spaces (caf?, lavatories) are located in the museum’s east wing; a separate building between the museum and the archaeological site houses a book and souvenir shop. Finally, part of the east wing and the basement are dedicated to storage and conservation of terracottas, bronze, stone, mosaics and minor objects.

The Archaeological Museum of Olympia, supervised by the Seventh Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, was reorganized in 2004 to meet modern museological standards.”

Tripoli Mountains Revisited Colour & BW

Winter is Here…

Τρίκορφο Φωκίδας, Trikorfo Fokidas

Το χωριό Τρίκορφο βρίσκεται στο Δήμο Δωρίδος του Νομού Φωκίδος^[1] και σύμφωνα με την απογραφή του 2011 έχει πληθυσμό 410 κατοίκους. Αποτελεί την Τοπική Κοινότητα Τρικόρφου που ανήκει στην Δημοτική Ενότητα Ευπαλίου^[2].

Γεωγραφία – Ιστορία

Το Τρίκορφο βρίσκεται σε υψόμετρο 480 μέτρων^[1] και στις πλαγιές του όρους Τρίκορφο, στο κέντρο μιας σειράς τριών λόφων, απ΄ όπου πήρε και το νεότερο όνομα (Τρίκορφον = Τρεις κορφές)^[3]. Το χωριό είναι ΒΔ του Ευπαλίου, σε απόσταση 9,5 χλμ. και ΒΑ της Ναυπάκτου (12,5 χλμ.)^[4]. Το παλαιό όνομά του, μέχρι το 1930, ήταν Βλαχοκάτουνο, σύνθετη λέξη από “βλάχος” και “κάτουνο” που σημαίνει καταυλισμός βλάχων ή ποιμένων. Αναφέρεται ότι σα τελευταία χρόνια της Τουρκοκρατίας αριθμούσε πληθυσμό με 15 οικογένειες^[3]. Σήμερα οι κάτοικοί του ασχολούνται κυρίως με την κτηνοτροφία. Γιορτάζει στις 6 Αυγούστου, εορτή της Μεταμορφώσεως του Σωτήρος, σε εξωκλήσι της Μεταμορφώσεως.

from Wikipedia source:

https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%86%CE%BF_%CE%A6%CF%89%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82

Μονή Αγίων Αυγουστίνου και Σεραφείμ του Σαφώφ

 

 

 

 

Waiting For a man like you… D7200

Walking down the street saw this girl in a semi-light alley, I took the shot with my D7200 and the Nikon 35mm, since no focus was available i had to rely on steady hand, luck and crop power. I really like it I hope you too. I also wanted to link this image with a summer song by Foreigner. ¨Waiting for a girl like you¨. although she must be waiting for a man like you… lol.

 

Wasteland Trapped Spirits, in love.

Relics of a long lost era.The spirit keeps its back to the outside world and insists on living in the past. He keeps his eyes nailed on the worn graffiti on the wall.The lost love that dies slowly with him. Trapped in time and space. In Love…

 

 

 

The wall a canvas, the window a frame of Sky

Another photo from my walk in the ruins of the old fertilizer Factory at Drapetsona.

T-shirt street wallpaper.

Another pic from my walk down Thision. A multicolor vibrant T-shirt wallpaper. Enjoy it.

Messinia Koroni, Wild beauty of Nature, D7200

Most of the time when we see articles or photos of tourist locations such as Koroni Messinia we see the beauty of those places at summer time. Places filled with crowds of tourists, kids and life. How do these places look  when the crowds are gone and the sun is gone?

Trust me beauty is hidden in every corner.

 

Garden of Eden

Wild Beauty

The Cross

Angel

Young Lady,Gone 1918

Dionysios Rallis ,Mayor

Against threatening Sky

Heroes

We LIVE ..IN.. History, WE Breath Free..

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