Leros Island - Greece
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Pêcheurs d'éponges sur l'île de Symi en Grèce
Sponge fishermen Symi Greek island
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During the Greek War of Independence from 1821 to 1822, the island rebelled, but afterwards it fell again under Ottoman rule. This era ended on 12 May 1912, when the Italians occupied the island and the rest of the Dodecanese, during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12. On that day, sailors from the Regia Marina battleship Vittorio Emanuele and the destroyer Alpino landed in Karpathos. With the Treaty of Lausanne (1923), Karpathos joined the other islands of the Dodecanese in the Italian possession of the Italian Aegean Islands, and was ceded by Italy to Greece with the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947. The island formally joined the Kingdom of Greece on 7 March 1948, together with the rest of the Dodecanese islands.
In Pigadia, the modern era capital of the island, in a prominent position by the sea, lays the complex of three buildings of the Karpathos District. These are typical of the Italian era, built between 1926-36, and were the Italian local headquarters.
They belong to the category of "International Style" mixed with some elements of oriental eclecticism. It is a complex of three buildings, placed in a Π-shape, thus forming and demarcating Alexandros Papagou Square. The main building is taller (up to 4 floors), dominating the place with its volume and morphology. The other two buildings frame the main one, and all are connected to each other by semi-outdoor spaces and arches, thus forming an ensemble that embraces the square. Observing the complex, we can see the symmetry and the emphasis of the central axis, which is the highest point of the building, with the clock and the flagpole.
The complex was declared a historic site in 1997, as it is a remarkable building of the Italian period in the Dodecanese. The archeological museum of the island is housed in the west wing.
Pigadia, Karpathos island, Greece.
The Church of Panagia Kavouradena in Leros: Panagia Kavouradena in Xirokambos is one of the most beautiful and smalest churches on the island of Leros built in the recess of a marine rock . Tradition has it that a fisherman collecting sea shells among the rocks was bitten by a crab. At the same time he saw the icon of the Virgin Mary lying on the rocks. He prayed and the wound healed. He then took the icon to the village church, telling all about the miracle he had experienced.That night he dreamt of a woman in black who told him to put her back exactly where he found her. It was then decided that a small church be built exactly where the icon had been found. Every year the Miraculous Icon of the Virgin is celebrated on the 8th of September.
View of Lipsi island and town from above, Dodecanese islands, Greece, Leros island on the horizon at right, Kalymnos island behind it, Bodrum peninsula on mainland Turkey in the distant horizon at left, panoramic stitch of multiple images. It's a longish walk from the harbor to this point, take plenty of water if you go, the plastic bottle I took was the wrong one, it was full of something more "for adults".
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Lindos is an archaeological site, a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies on the east coast of the island. It is about 50 km south of the town of Rhodes and its fine beaches make it a popular tourist and holiday destination.
Lindos is situated in a large bay and faces the fishing village and small resort of Haraki.
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Pserimos (Greek: Ψέριμος ) is a small Greek island in the Dodecanese chain.
www.mysteriousgreece.com/travel-guides/islands/dodecanese...
Telendos, (Greek: Τέλενδος) is a Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, belonging to the Dodecanese.
www.mysteriousgreece.com/travel-guides/islands/dodecanese...
it is located in the Southern Dodecanese (12 islands), behind Rhodes island and close to the coast of south-west Turkey.
Symi's recorded history goes back as far as the Trojan Wars (1120 BC) and its past is chequered with a series of invaders, beginning with Dorians, Pelponnese (6th-7th century), Romans, Turks (1522-1912) and Italians (from 1912 until World War 2) and British occupation.
Pas à pas, toujours de l'avant dans la bonne direction ...
Step by step, going forward in the right direction ...
A prize family photo. My mother kneeling right. She was part of the dance group at the celebrations in Rhodes in 1948 when the Dodecanese (12) islands joined Greece.
These buildings can still be found on the island of Rhodes and I visited this exact spot in 2012