60 Photographs of Syros inhabitants The exhibition is located in Ano Syros Everyday 10.00 – 13.00 / On Saturday: 18.00-20.00 / On Sunday: 11.00-13.00 Andreas Schinas is a member of the Photography Circle, a non-profit cultural society that has operated in Athens since 1988. http://photocircle.gr/en/portfolios/community/albums/user/89-a-schinas About the exhibition in the island of …
July 2015 – September 2016 Notebooks and Photographs of Elementary School Students from the 19th century Locations: Cyclades, Crete, Athens, Macedonia, Epirus and Hellenic Schools in Constantinople, Smyrna, Cappadocia in Turkey and Alexandria in Egypt. The exhibition is located in Ano Syros. Οpening hours: Saturday: 18.00-20.00 and Sunday: 11.00-13.00 (until June 2016) Everyday …
Apano Chora or Ano Syros is the island’s oldest settlement. All its buildings are scaled to the natural incline of the ground and are interconnected by a varied network of terraced streets, plateaux and rooftops. “It exemplifies the Cycladic structural imprint at its most integrated because each house has the geometric autonomy of Cycladic cubism, though …
It took the first thirty years of my life to realize that three are the things which make me happy. The emotion of art, contact with nature and true relationships with the people around me… (P.Rivellis) See the web site of a photographer who, simultaneously and interdependently, teaches and writes about photography…: www.rivellis.gr
The island of Syros has shared the fortunes of the Cycladic group throughout its long history, and contributed to the formation of what might be called the Aegean civilisation. In the world of the Cyclades, the founding of Ermoupoli in 1821-1830 was a minor cosmogony, overturning the equilibrium achieved over centuries and coming hand-in-hand …
Α new book about Markos Bambakaris and the life on Syros (Cyclades) in the years between 1905 and 1920, where the great “rebetis” composer lived as a child , written by M. Elefteriou (publishing by Metaixmio)
The funerary Sculptures of Saint George’s Churchyard at Hermoupolis, Syros After the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, Greeks from various parts of the country that was under Turkish occupation were to find refuge on the island. With them came inhabitans of other centres of the Ottoman Empire with flourishing Greek communities, …
In the period before Independence (1821), Syros had no other town comparable in size or character to Ano Syros. However, all over the countryside there were microscopic hamlets-and, above all, self-contained units of farm buildings, called themonies, ( literally “hay-stacks”) near the areas where the villagers had their fields and flocks. …
Ever since the Byzantine period, the Aegean Archipelagos was the scene of action for pirates of every description and nationality who contributed to the islands’ depopulation. Piracy was significantly reduced during the first two years of Frankish supremacy, thanks to the powerful fleets of the Franks and the Venetians. With the decline, …
in french language La protection française a Syra sous l’occupation ottomane Lorsque le Roi de France, François Ier, signe en 1535 avec le Grand Sultan Suleiman Ier le premier traité, du nom des capitulations, le nombre des habitants de l’île de Syros n’excédait pas les 500. Avec ces premières capitulations les rois …
