Tag: ARCHITECTURE

Porto Lago / Lakki: a 1930’s model town in the Aegean

On the island of Leros in the Dodecanese archipelago of the Aegean Sea you can find a strange town that looks like an old movie set. This is the town of Lakki, or Porto Lago as it was originally called when it was built in the 1930s, during the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese. Some of its buildings have been declared monuments by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

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Lycabettus Theater opens up again

The Lycabettus Theater is an open-air theater built on the site of a former limestone quarry on Mount Lycabettus in Athens. The hill is the highest in the center of Athens with a height of 285 meters, and offers a panoramic view of the city. After 15 years of “silence”, the theater reopens its gates on September 15, 2023, fully renovated.

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The “syrmata” of Milos classified as protected edifices. These traditional buildings directly along the coast in small fishing villages showcase adaptive architecture and have become an iconic part of the island's landscape.
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📚📚In April's BOOK OF THE MONTH, Reading Greece presents "Pope Joan" by Emmanuel Roïdes, an irreverent, witty and delightful novel masterfully translated into English by David Connolly (Aiora Press, 2019).

In Pope Joan, Roïdes has created one of the most remarkable characters in modern Greek literature and in so doing has assured his place as one of its classic authors. In the words of Lawrence Durrell, “Pope Joan has a double claim on our attention for it occupies a central position among the popular books of modern Greece; and it is also in its own way a small masterpiece which might occupy a position on the bookshelf of the discerning reader midway, say, between Candide and Thaïs…”.

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During the last years, Greek economy has been marked by a remarkable growth in the field of renewable energy. Greece reached a new clean energy milestone last year, with the production of clean energy being the highest of the decade, underlining the ongoing commitment to become a green energy hub for Southeast Europe.