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Tarpon Springs is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,484 at the 2010 census. Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any city in the US. Downtown Tarpon Springs has long been a focal point and is currently undergoing beautification.
The region, with a series of bayous feeding into the Gulf of Mexico, was first settled by white and black farmers and fishermen around 1876. Some of the newly arrived visitors spotted tarpon jumping out of the waters and so named the location Tarpon Springs. The name is said to have originated with a remark of Mrs. Ormond Boyer, an early settler from South Carolina, and who, while standing on the shore of the Bayou and seeing fish leaping exclaimed, "See the tarpon spring!' However, for the most part, the fish seen splashing here were mullets rather than tarpon. In 1882, Hamilton Disston, who in the previous year had purchased the land where the city of Tarpon Springs now stands, ordered the creation of a town plan for the future city.
On February 12, 1887, Tarpon Springs became the first incorporated city in what is now Pinellas County. Less than a year later on January 13, 1888, the Orange Belt Railway, the first railroad line to be built in what is now Pinellas County, arrived in the city. During this time the area was developed as a wintering spot for wealthy northerners.
In the 1880s, John K. Cheyney founded the first local sponge business. The industry continued to grow in the 1890s. Many people from Key West and the Bahamas settled in Tarpon Springs to hook sponges and then process them. A few Greek immigrants also arrived in this city during the 1890s to work in the sponge industry.
In 1905, John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving to Tarpon Springs by recruiting divers and crew members from Greece. The first divers came from the Saronic Gulf islands of Aegina and Hydra, but they were soon outnumbered by those from the Dodecanese islands of Kalymnos, Symi, and Halki. The sponge industry soon became one of the leading maritime industries in Florida and the most important business in Tarpon Springs, generating millions of dollars a year. The 1953 film Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, depicting the sponge industry, takes place and was filmed in Tarpon Springs.
In 1947, red tide algae bloom wiped out the sponge fields in the Gulf of Mexico, causing many of the sponge boats and divers to switch to shrimping for their livelihood, while others left the business. Eventually, the sponges recovered, allowing for a smaller but consistent sponge industry today. In the 1980s, the sponge business experienced a boom due to a sponge disease that killed the Mediterranean sponges. Today there is still a small active sponge industry. Visitors can often view sponge fishermen working at the Sponge Docks on Dodecanese Boulevard. In addition, visitors can enjoy shops, restaurants, and museum exhibits that detail Tarpon Springs' Greek heritage.
In 2007 and 2008, the City of Tarpon Springs established Sister City relationships with Kalymnos, Halki, Symi, and Larnaca, Cyprus, honoring the close historical link with these Greek-speaking islands.
There are several districts or properties in Tarpon Springs that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic District
Tarpon Springs Historic District
Arcade Hotel
Old Tarpon Springs City Hall
Old Tarpon Springs High School
Safford House
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tarpon Springs Depot
Many sites related to the sponge industry within the Greektown District also have been recognized. They include but are not limited to two sponge packing houses:
E.R. Meres Sponge Packing House
N.G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House
And several boats:
N.K. Symi (Sponge Diving Boat)
St. Nicholas III (Sponge Diving Boat)
St. Nicholas VI (Sponge Diving Boat)
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpon_Springs,_Florida
www.pcpao.org/?pg=https://www.pcpao.org/general.php?strap...
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Tarpon Springs is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,484 at the 2010 census. Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any city in the US. Downtown Tarpon Springs has long been a focal point and is currently undergoing beautification.
The region, with a series of bayous feeding into the Gulf of Mexico, was first settled by white and black farmers and fishermen around 1876. Some of the newly arrived visitors spotted tarpon jumping out of the waters and so named the location Tarpon Springs. The name is said to have originated with a remark of Mrs. Ormond Boyer, an early settler from South Carolina, and who, while standing on the shore of the Bayou and seeing fish leaping exclaimed, "See the tarpon spring!' However, for the most part, the fish seen splashing here were mullets rather than tarpon. In 1882, Hamilton Disston, who in the previous year had purchased the land where the city of Tarpon Springs now stands, ordered the creation of a town plan for the future city.
On February 12, 1887, Tarpon Springs became the first incorporated city in what is now Pinellas County. Less than a year later on January 13, 1888, the Orange Belt Railway, the first railroad line to be built in what is now Pinellas County, arrived in the city. During this time the area was developed as a wintering spot for wealthy northerners.
In the 1880s, John K. Cheyney founded the first local sponge business. The industry continued to grow in the 1890s. Many people from Key West and the Bahamas settled in Tarpon Springs to hook sponges and then process them. A few Greek immigrants also arrived in this city during the 1890s to work in the sponge industry.
In 1905, John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving to Tarpon Springs by recruiting divers and crew members from Greece. The first divers came from the Saronic Gulf islands of Aegina and Hydra, but they were soon outnumbered by those from the Dodecanese islands of Kalymnos, Symi, and Halki. The sponge industry soon became one of the leading maritime industries in Florida and the most important business in Tarpon Springs, generating millions of dollars a year. The 1953 film Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, depicting the sponge industry, takes place and was filmed in Tarpon Springs.
In 1947, red tide algae bloom wiped out the sponge fields in the Gulf of Mexico, causing many of the sponge boats and divers to switch to shrimping for their livelihood, while others left the business. Eventually, the sponges recovered, allowing for a smaller but consistent sponge industry today. In the 1980s, the sponge business experienced a boom due to a sponge disease that killed the Mediterranean sponges. Today there is still a small active sponge industry. Visitors can often view sponge fishermen working at the Sponge Docks on Dodecanese Boulevard. In addition, visitors can enjoy shops, restaurants, and museum exhibits that detail Tarpon Springs' Greek heritage.
In 2007 and 2008, the City of Tarpon Springs established Sister City relationships with Kalymnos, Halki, Symi, and Larnaca, Cyprus, honoring the close historical link with these Greek-speaking islands.
There are several districts or properties in Tarpon Springs that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic District
Tarpon Springs Historic District
Arcade Hotel
Old Tarpon Springs City Hall
Old Tarpon Springs High School
Safford House
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tarpon Springs Depot
Many sites related to the sponge industry within the Greektown District also have been recognized. They include but are not limited to two sponge packing houses:
E.R. Meres Sponge Packing House
N.G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House
And several boats:
N.K. Symi (Sponge Diving Boat)
St. Nicholas III (Sponge Diving Boat)
St. Nicholas VI (Sponge Diving Boat)
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpon_Springs,_Florida
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Tarpon Springs is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,484 at the 2010 census. Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any city in the US. Downtown Tarpon Springs has long been a focal point and is currently undergoing beautification.
The region, with a series of bayous feeding into the Gulf of Mexico, was first settled by white and black farmers and fishermen around 1876. Some of the newly arrived visitors spotted tarpon jumping out of the waters and so named the location Tarpon Springs. The name is said to have originated with a remark of Mrs. Ormond Boyer, an early settler from South Carolina, and who, while standing on the shore of the Bayou and seeing fish leaping exclaimed, "See the tarpon spring!' However, for the most part, the fish seen splashing here were mullets rather than tarpon. In 1882, Hamilton Disston, who in the previous year had purchased the land where the city of Tarpon Springs now stands, ordered the creation of a town plan for the future city.
On February 12, 1887, Tarpon Springs became the first incorporated city in what is now Pinellas County. Less than a year later on January 13, 1888, the Orange Belt Railway, the first railroad line to be built in what is now Pinellas County, arrived in the city. During this time the area was developed as a wintering spot for wealthy northerners.
In the 1880s, John K. Cheyney founded the first local sponge business. The industry continued to grow in the 1890s. Many people from Key West and the Bahamas settled in Tarpon Springs to hook sponges and then process them. A few Greek immigrants also arrived in this city during the 1890s to work in the sponge industry.
In 1905, John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving to Tarpon Springs by recruiting divers and crew members from Greece. The first divers came from the Saronic Gulf islands of Aegina and Hydra, but they were soon outnumbered by those from the Dodecanese islands of Kalymnos, Symi, and Halki. The sponge industry soon became one of the leading maritime industries in Florida and the most important business in Tarpon Springs, generating millions of dollars a year. The 1953 film Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, depicting the sponge industry, takes place and was filmed in Tarpon Springs.
In 1947, red tide algae bloom wiped out the sponge fields in the Gulf of Mexico, causing many of the sponge boats and divers to switch to shrimping for their livelihood, while others left the business. Eventually, the sponges recovered, allowing for a smaller but consistent sponge industry today. In the 1980s, the sponge business experienced a boom due to a sponge disease that killed the Mediterranean sponges. Today there is still a small active sponge industry. Visitors can often view sponge fishermen working at the Sponge Docks on Dodecanese Boulevard. In addition, visitors can enjoy shops, restaurants, and museum exhibits that detail Tarpon Springs' Greek heritage.
In 2007 and 2008, the City of Tarpon Springs established Sister City relationships with Kalymnos, Halki, Symi, and Larnaca, Cyprus, honoring the close historical link with these Greek-speaking islands.
There are several districts or properties in Tarpon Springs that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic District
Tarpon Springs Historic District
Arcade Hotel
Old Tarpon Springs City Hall
Old Tarpon Springs High School
Safford House
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tarpon Springs Depot
Many sites related to the sponge industry within the Greektown District also have been recognized. They include but are not limited to two sponge packing houses:
E.R. Meres Sponge Packing House
N.G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House
And several boats:
N.K. Symi (Sponge Diving Boat)
St. Nicholas III (Sponge Diving Boat)
St. Nicholas VI (Sponge Diving Boat)
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpon_Springs,_Florida
www.pcpao.org/?pg=https://www.pcpao.org/general.php?strap...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Palionnisos Beach - Kalymnos Island - Dodecanese - Greece - 2/8/2018
Canon AE-1 & FD 50mm f1.8
Konica Minolta VX100 Super (expired 2007)
Palionnisos Beach - Kalymnos Island - Dodecanese - Greece 2/8/2018
Canon AE-1 & FD 50mm f1.8 & FD 135mm f2.5
Konica Minolta VX100 Super (expired 2007)
(double exposure)
The rooftop bar is available for lease and the rest of the building will be available for lease very soon. The property is located in northern Pinellas County in historic Tarpon Springs, Florida. Tarpon Springs is a tourist district made famous for its Greek Heritage and sponge docks set along the Anclote River. There is plenty of parking across the street. People from all over the country come to visit the sponge docks and learn more about the town's sponge diving past through its museums and other attractions. The parking lot across the street holds 246 spaces. Building 50,962± gross SF on 1.3± acres,
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.loopnet.com/Listing/10-W-Dodecanese-Blvd-Tarpon-Sprin...
www.pcpao.org/?pg=https://www.pcpao.org/general.php?strap...
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Dodecanese < 🔹 > Kastellorizo island < 🔹 > The Blue Cave
Dodecanese islands album ◄ 🔹 ► Blue Cave slideshow (45pics)
Turkey's Hybrid War against Greece and Cyprus and the
turkish paranoia of the so called blue homeland (mavi vatan) claiming several big & small Greek islands that are internationally recognized as of Greek sovereignty while also inhabited by native for millennia Greek people ....
Turkey's Major Genocides, Ethnic Cleansings
and Persecutions, in ottoman & modern times
Massacres against the Kurds 1930-today
Military Invasion & Occupation of Cyprus' north part 1974-today
Military Invasion, along with proxy Jihadists, of Syria 2019
...... typical barbarism & islamization processes of the ottoman and neo-ottoman Turkey alike .... with the usual apathy, if not collaboration, of the big powers & world organizations, i.e. the USA, Russia, the UK, Germany, as well as the UN, NATO & the EU .....
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The rooftop bar is available for lease and the rest of the building will be available for lease very soon. The property is located in northern Pinellas County in historic Tarpon Springs, Florida. Tarpon Springs is a tourist district made famous for its Greek Heritage and sponge docks set along the Anclote River. There is plenty of parking across the street. People from all over the country come to visit the sponge docks and learn more about the town's sponge diving past through its museums and other attractions. The parking lot across the street holds 246 spaces. Building 50,962± gross SF on 1.3± acres,
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.loopnet.com/Listing/10-W-Dodecanese-Blvd-Tarpon-Sprin...
www.pcpao.org/?pg=https://www.pcpao.org/general.php?strap...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Greek islands # < 🔹 > # Greece < 🔹 > Kastellorizo
Turkey's Hybrid War against Greece and Cyprus and the
turkish paranoia of the so called blue homeland (mavi vatan) claiming several big & small Greek islands of internationally recognized Greek sovereignty while also inhabited by native for millennia Greek people ....
Turkey's Major Genocides, Ethnic Cleansings
and Persecutions, in ottoman & modern times
Massacres against the Kurds 1930-today
Military Invasion & Occupation of Cyprus' north part 1974-today
Military Invasion, along with proxy Jihadists, of Syria 2019
...... typical barbarism & islamization processes of the ottoman and neo-ottoman Turkey alike .... with the usual apathy, if not collaboration, of the big powers & world organizations, i.e. the USA, Russia, the UK, Germany, as well as the UN, NATO & the EU .....
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Rhodes, near Faliraki.
Many thanks to Reinoud van den Broek for the ID!
ID is based on the collected specimen.
This sp. appears to be endemic to Dodekánisos (Dodecanese Is.).
Thank you for your favs and comments, they are greatly appreciated!
Rusty Bellies Waterfront Grill, located in the historic Sponge Docks of Tarpon Springs, is a family-owned and operated waterfront seafood restaurant.
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www.pcpao.org/?pg=https://www.pcpao.org/general.php?strap...
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From Kos to Kalymnos - Dodecanese - Aegean Sea - Greece 30/7/2018
Canon AE-1 & nFD 28mm f2.8
Kodak Colorplus 200
Another narrow street in The Old Town of Rhodes. There is not too much sunshine... :)
Rhodes is the principal city and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese, Greece. Rhodes has been famous since antiquity as the site of Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The city of Rhodes was formed by the cities of Ialyssos, Kamiros and Lindos in 408 BC, and prospered for three centuries during its Golden Age, when sea trade, skilled shipbuilders, and open-minded politicians of the city kept it prosperous until Roman times. In medieval times, Rhodes was an important Byzantine trading post, as also a crossroads for ships sailing between Constantinople and Alexandria. The Knights Hospitallers captured and established their headquarters on Rhodes when they left Cyprus after the persecution of the Knights Templar in 1307. In the Ottoman era, new buildings were constructed: mosques, public baths and mansions for the new patrons. The Greeks were forced to abandon the fortified city and move to new suburbs outside its walls. From October 28, 1947, the island of Rhodes, under the Paris Peace of 1947, with all of the Dodecanese, was handed over to Greece. In 1988, the old town of Rhodes was designated as a World Heritage City by UNESCO. Today, the city of Rhodes is an important Greek urban center and popular international tourist destination. The city is home to numerous landmarks. Some of them date back to antiquity and most of the others remain from the Knights' Period. The Old Town is surrounded by huge walls about 21 m high and about 13 m thick and surrounded by a dry moat.
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Kolejna wąska uliczka na starówce w Rodos. Tu nie ma zbyt wiele słońca :)
Rodos – miasto w Grecji, na wysuniętym najbardziej na północ krańcu wyspy Rodos, stolica wyspy. Dzieli się na dwie części: zwarte, jednolite stylistycznie i otoczone murami Stare Miasto i rozrastające się swobodnie Nowe Miasto. Stare Miasto obwarowaniami obejmuje port rybacki i część pasażerskiego, z licznymi miejscami cumowania także jachtów. Miasto założono w 408 p.n.e. i szybko za czasów greckich stało się centrum kulturalnym i handlowym. Miasto należało później wraz z całą Grecją do Cesarstwa Rzymskiego, a potem do Cesarstwa Bizantyńskiego. W 1309 roku, po przejęciu wyspy przez zakon joannitów, miasto było siedzibą joannitów, którzy je ufortyfikowali. Od 1523r. miasto było pod panowaniem Turcji. Po wojnie włosko-tureckiej 1911-1912 miasto znalazło się pod władzą włoską, nastąpiła wówczas znaczna rozbudowa miasta. W 1945 roku zajęli je alianci, a od 28 października 1947, kiedy to wyspa Rodos na mocy pokoju paryskiego z 1947 wraz z całym Dodekanezem została przekazana Grecji. Stare Miasto otoczone jest ogromnymi, grubymi murami z umiejscowionymi co kilkaset metrów wieżami strażniczymi, które zostały zbudowane w celach obronnych. Mury o wysokości ok. 21 m i grubości ok. 13 m otoczone są suchą fosą, co sprawia, że sama budowla jest już nie lada atrakcją. Wejść do Starego Miasta jest 10, natomiast główną bramą jest d'Amboise'a. Starówka charakteryzuje się brukowanymi deptakami i uroczymi krzyżujących się pod kątem prostym uliczkami. W 1988 r. Stare miasto Rodos zostało wpisane na Listę Światowego Dziedzictwa UNESCO.
The Windmill of Antimahia in Kos Greece, Dodecanese
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Mastihari Kos Island - Dodecanese - Aegean Sea - Greece 30/7/2018
Canon AE-1 & nFD 28mm f2.8
Kodak Colorplus 200
Out we go with the sun setting on the Dodecanese Island of Rhodes. I was sad to leave it, but now I am looking forward to our last stop - the mainland of Greece: Pireaus, Sounion, Athens, and down into the Peloponnesian peninsula. I hope you come along with us.
Kalymnos Island - Dodecanese - Greece 2/8/2018
Canon AE-1 & FD 135mm f2.5
Konica Minolta VX100 Super (expired 2007)
Gialos Harbour, on the Greek island of Symi in the Dodecanese, seen from the terrace of the villa where I was staying. Thursday, October 10, 1996.
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Avec l'acquisition définitive des îles de la mer Égée établie par le Traité de Lausanne de 1923 et la nomination du gouverneur Mario Lago, Benito Mussolini désire faire du Dodécanèse une vitrine de l'empire colonial italien et y met en œuvre une politique de grands travaux. De nouvelles routes, des constructions massives répondant aux critères de l'architecture fasciste, des aqueducs, des centrales électriques, des hôpitaux et divers bâtiments publics sont ainsi édifiés, parfois avec une main-d'œuvre forcée. Comme les autres îles du Dodécanèse, Léros possède encore aujourd’hui de nombreux édifices de la période italienne et restaure lentement ce patrimoine architectural.
With the definitive acquisition of the Aegean islands established by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 and the appointment of the governor Mario Lago, Benito Mussolini wishes to make the Dodecanese a showcase of the Italian colonial empire and implements a policy of major works. New roads, massive constructions meeting the criteria of fascist architecture, aqueducts, power stations, hospitals and various public buildings are built, sometimes with forced labor. Today, as the other islands of the Dodecanese, Leros still owns many buildings of the Italian period and slowly restores this architectural heritage.