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Just seven and half kilometers south of Fira, a different side of Santorini emerges, an aspect that harkens back to the picturesque Greek villages of yesteryear. Here, the pace of life is more relaxed; cats stroll in the alleys, families dress up in their Sunday best to go to church, and piano lessons can be heard through the open windows of the cultural society. The main square, with its tall pine trees and quaint little coffee shops, is the focal point for socializing and entertainment. Regardless of the season, its busiest time is noon, when people gather for ouzo or Santorinian beer accompanied by excellent local meze.
This is Pyrgos, the largest preserved village on Santorini and the island’s former capital. Strategically built in the heart of the pre-volcanic hinterland and at the foot of Mt Profitis Ilias, Pyrgos affords panoramic views. Yet, located that bit further from the famous caldera, it has been spared the terraces, balconies, infinity pools and master suites that adorn the glossy covers of tourist magazines the world over. Pyrgos is not swamped by sunset spotters, nor is it the first choice among the hordes of cruise-ship passengers. Its charm is different: more subdued, less picture-perfect, little advertised.
Ask the locals what the difference is between Pyrgos and the rest of the island in terms of social profile, and you’ll get conflicting answers. For some, it’s that the villagers are more cultivated and more united among themselves, while for others, it’s that its location has kept the village relatively untouched – at least for now – by the tourist industry that is flourishing on the island.
It is a fact, however, that on Palm Sunday, as I was going up to the top of the medieval Kasteli (castle), I was overcome with emotion. The historic Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary (1660), one of Santorini’s largest and most important places of worship, was welcoming the faithful for the first time after a lengthy restoration: its masterful pulpit and intricate woodcarved altarpiece have been fully restored after centuries of wear and tear.
If you feel inclined to visit Pyrgos, get your climbing shoes on. This is the only way to explore the Pyrgos Kasteli, the best preserved of the five Venetian castles that once adorned the island. Don’t worry about getting lost; just head uphill from the main square and you’ll find it, a fortress hamlet that started life as a monastery and grew in size after the arrival of the Venetians at the beginning of the 13th century.
Αν και πολλοί γνωρίζουν τη Σαντορίνη για το ηφαιστειακό τοπίο της, τα λευκά σπίτια της, το συναρπαστικό ηλιοβασίλεμα της Οίας και τη διάσημη Καλντέρα, ωστόσο οι ομορφιές του νησιού δεν εξαντλούνται εκεί…
Το νησί έχει πολλούς οικισμούς και χωριά το ένα καλύτερο από το άλλο. Ένα από αυτά τα χωριά ο Πύργος που βρίσκεται σε απόσταση περίπου 10 χιλιομέτρων από τα Φηρά, είναι ίσως το ομορφότερο χωριό του νησιού. Ο Πύργος, η παλιά -έως το 1800- πρωτεύουσα του νησιού βρίσκεται στην ενδοχώρα, στο ψηλότερο σημείο της Σαντορίνης, στον Προφήτη Ηλία.
Στο κέντρο του Πύργου βρίσκεται το μεσαιωνικό κάστρο με τα σπίτια αμφιθεατρικά χτισμένα γύρω του. Συνδυάζει τα χαρακτηριστικά της εποχής της ενετοκρατίας, με διάσπαρτες εκκλησίες, αρχοντικά αλλά και χωριατόσπιτα κι έχει χαρακτηριστεί διατηρητέο μνημείο. Το μοναστήρι του Προφήτη Ηλία είναι μια από τις παλαιότερες εκκλησίες της Σαντορίνης και η ανοικοδόμησή του τοποθετείται χρονικά στον 10ο αιώνα.
Όλο το χωριό είναι μια πρόκληση για τον επισκέπτη, που έχει την ευκαιρία να ανέβει στο κάστρο, να περιηγηθεί στα σοκάκια με το ξεχωριστό «χρώμα» και να απολαύσει το περίφημο σαντορινιό ηλιοβασίλεμα, κι ας μην είναι στην Οία… Το σίγουρο είναι πως αν επισκεφτείτε τη Σαντορίνη μέσα στα πολλά που πρέπει να δείτε και να κάνετε μην αμελήσετε να βάλετε στο πρόγραμμά σας μια επίσκεψη στον Πύργο! Θα σας μαγέψει…
Και κάποιες δικές μου πληροφορίες ...
Την πρώτη φορά που επισκέφτηκα αυτό το χωριό πριν τέσσερα χρόνια νόμισα ότι το εξερεύνησα καλά, αλλά στην πρόσφατη επίσκεψη μου ξανά πρόσφατα, κατάλαβα ποσο λάθος είχα κάνει και ποσό <<τουριστική>> ήταν εκείνη η πρώτη ματιά, άσχετα αν εγώ πίστευα τότε το αντίθετο.
Το χωριό θέλει και προσφέρει καλή εξερευνηση, Ανεβείτε προς την κορυφή και ακόμα και αν σας δώσει την εντύπωση ότι μέχρι εκεί ήταν..απλά συνεχίστε και θα σας αποκαλύψει πολλά πράγματα. Βέβαια αυτό θα το κάνετε και κατα μήκος του χωριού. Πέρα από τα πολλά γραφικά σημεία το χωριό προσφέρει εξαιρετικές αρχιτεκτονικές λεπτομέρειες. Προσωπικά πιστεύω ότι μια επίσκεψη δεν είναι αρκετή, αν όμως δεν έχετε άλλο χρόνο προτιμήστε απογευματινή ώρα μιας και πιστεύω ότι το φως λειτουργεί καλύτερα τότε.
After digging this hole / and raising a stone wall / snow fell and sun came. // At that moment / I knew the answer.
this is as clear as i could get it xD this is for everyone on answers ♥ ♥ ♥
i went off my facebook friends list so i forgot denne & tabitha but i added you on the computer... sorry xD
OMG i forgot daniel too... sorry :(
There is place for soft colour. There is place for strong and vibrant colours. And autumn is always the season you can find them.
This is just a repost for autumn colour in my neighbourhood.
Happy Monday and a great week!
I ask the experienced landscape photographer about tips in shooing fall colour.
He said the answer is in your question itself. Shooting fall colours means really shooting the colours.
I had a walk in my neighborhood and I took his suggestion shooting the colours. I am not sure if I did follow his advice.
This was seen on the sidewalk of a small street in my neighborhood.
Happy Wednesday!
So after many wishes to make a q&a here it is. You can ask everything I will answer.
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The guy you see there is my new SigFig.
There was a power outage over the weekend at Algonquin Park's Lake Opeongo outfitter station. Consequently, not many people were around at sunset - only the sounds of a generator and a few kids laughing at each other's dockside fishing antics. Eventually the generator fell silent and the kids left - leaving us the last ones out. A solitary loon called out but there was no answer.
The title, "The Zil" pulls my brain in the direction of a nice dark Italian red wine called the "The Zinfandel". How it could jump from "The Zil", a Russian military truck sat rotting in the woods of North Wales, to a nice glass of wine is hard to explain but I suspect some minds work differently to others. And I must point out, we see things differently too.
I recently looked a bit more closely at some pictures on flickr and thought they looked faded, too light, the colours not saturated enough. But when I looked at them on another PC they looked fine. And suddenly it has worried me. When I view my shots on my phone they seem darker and some of the detail is lost in the shadows. And that's what troubles me about this pic. I wanted it dark, but not too dark as there is a lot of detail in the shadows.
How do we know when our screen is set so that it gives the same amount of brilliance and contrast as someone else? Is there a test you can do to set your screen up to a common industry standard?
Answers please!
Answers rarely come easily, often you have to go to lengths to get what you're looking for. The more you look, the deep the answer becomes. In the end, you start questioning yourself, do you really want to know this truth? Is it worth your very soul? Proceed at your own peril, for you are treading into that which many will not follow or help.
In the foreground Japan’s answer to Dresden lace, to the rear the real deal.
Dresden lace is made by soaking cotton mesh or lace in slip. The lace is arranged on a figure and fired. The cotton burns away leaving a porcelain delicate porcelain mesh. This is a labor intensive process.
The post war Japanese version uses real lace glued to a finished figure. The initial effect is attractive and inexpensive to produce but the look fades sharply over the years.
Answering the question: "What if the trade federation had designed the Y-wing bomber?"
Built for the Star Wars: Evolved contest over at FBTB.
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he walked, occupied by the simple mechanics of a meal. a green shirt, chosen without thought. behind him, a metal curtain held a question and an answer painted in the same shade of green. a face looked on, frozen in contemplation. it was a perfect, accidental harmony of color and code, a random variable in the city's vast equation that, for a single, unobserved second, produced a solution. then he was gone, and it was just a wall again.
This is another for my "Waiting for his return" series. This is the prequel to my prior "No Answer" post which I have reposted in the comments.
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