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Tuesday 29 December 2009

Old house in Samos town

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Traditional remake

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This is not an old traditional building, it is a part of a modern Hotel village near to Pythagorion. The owners builded a real traditional Village using the traditional houses still of many Greek areas. The results of this remake is realy fantastic and worthy to see it.

Sunday 27 December 2009

The public Library - Scenic Sunday 76

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This wonderfull house is builded 1893-1895 by the rich merchant Miltiades Georgiou.

The library was based first to suport the neds of the famus Pythagorion Gymnasium.

At 1859 the Samian Patriarch of Jerusalem Kyrilos the B´ send some 158 books from his privat collection. Many other donations where follow from privat collections in money or books form.

The library where officialy founted at 1881 and the first Director was Mr Epaminondas Stamatiades.

It is a very rich library with many historical books and documents about Samos.


Wednesday 23 December 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!


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Red

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This traditional stone building is not old made at all.
It is just a part of the modern Doryssa bay hotel.

Monday 21 December 2009

Samos airport view - thats my World




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The old house in Kokkari part II

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These are another two images from the old house in Kokkari.
Since you asked to see how the building looks like.
Its even for sale!!
I took these photos just because I liked the view and not to support any sale.

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Saturday 19 December 2009

Friday 18 December 2009

A differend view of a sky - sky watch Friday


That what you see here is just the entry from the building you see in my previous post. just another point of view....
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Thursday 17 December 2009

Old wine depot in Malagari

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Malagari is the so called area opposite to Samos town, today is the commercial port of Samos. Some dekades years ago use to be the storage place of the famous Samos wine. This is one of the old buildings waiting to be restored

Wednesday 16 December 2009

Bank of Greece

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In the same spirit like in my previus post, another interesting entry. This time from the Bank of Greece. Always in Samos town. Enjoy it.

Tuesday 15 December 2009

National Bank of Greece

Well, about the financial figures of this bank I cant say anything...
But I like so much this building, its realy a wonderfull house on the port of Samos town represents the architectural tradition of the Island.
I hoppe you like it too :)


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Saturday 12 December 2009

The Lion of Samos - Scenic Sunday 74



The lion of samos, a monument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of freedom from the Turks at 1930.

Under Water??

No, these are just two images from outside. The harbour of Samos is clean enough, so you can see even baby sponges growing on the boat lines.

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Thursday 10 December 2009

Freedom - Sky watch Friday

Sun Clock in Manolates

We found it last summer on the church´s wall in the village of Manolates.
It is not so useful to report the time anymore ...but to keep some cables in ...place!! Times are changing...

Manolates

Wednesday 9 December 2009

Samos houses IV

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The lovely coastal village of Pythagorion, on the southern part of the island, is full of whitewashed houses with blue shutters and doors. Archaic temples and wonderful Byzantine and Post-Byzantine churches full of splendid frescoes are completing the architecture of Samos.

info:http://www.samosguide.com/listingview.php?listingID=36

Monday 7 December 2009

Glyfada lake Samos - Thats my World

http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-world-tuesday-season-2-episode-9.html


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This lake was made some hundred years ago by the people of Samos in order to collect the water from the springs above. The water is semi-salty and is used to give power to a wooden propela that moves the mills in a small water-mill to product some wheat flour.

Today its only a ruin, but very usefull place for water birds and fishes.

Samos houses III

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In Vathy, capital of the island, Venetian houses are mixed to neoclassical ones and all the buildings have red-tiled roofs and some have their walls painted in bright colors. The narrow streets and stairs are also painted in white and blue and the walls of some houses are decorated with naive paintings

info :http://www.samosguide.com/listingview.php?listingID=36

Sunday 6 December 2009

Samos houses II

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It is a blend of neoclassical mansions, Venetian buildings, whitewashed houses and Byzantine churches. Graphic narrow streets are winding around all those types of buildings, adding a warm and cozy touch to the whole scenery.

info :http://www.samosguide.com/listingview.php?listingID=36

Saturday 5 December 2009

Samos houses

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The architecture of Samos resemble to the architecture of the other North-Eastern Aegean Islands. Samos does not have a specific traditional architecture, mostly because of the heterogeneous descent of the population of the island.It is a blend of neoclassical mansions, Venetian buildings, whitewashed houses and Byzantine churches. Graphic narrow streets are winding around all those types of buildings, adding a warm and cozy touch to the whole scenery.


found in :http://www.samosguide.com/listingview.php?listingID=36

Thursday 3 December 2009

A singing birds restaurant

This traditional Tavern-restaurant is located in ormos of Marathokampos.
Its a wonderfull and a peacefull place visited only from insiders.
They offer delicius fish specialities and if you are lucky you can enjoy your meal or dinner while the beloved singers the canaries are singing for you.

Marathokampos Bay

Wednesday 2 December 2009

This is what it left..

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This is what it left from my Grandfather s land house...
Some 70 years ago this house during the 2nd World War protect and save the whole familie..
Now its just a memorie for few of us, the rest dont even care at all.Thats why it looks like these.
But people who forget so easaly their past ..have no future, thats what I have to say...Its so pitty.

Monday 30 November 2009

Wall

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A stone wall part. A 300-400 years old building in the area of Agiades.
The area is closed to the acient city of Samos. There are many other ruins of similar stone building art. The people use a special mixture of earth and caolin to connect the stones and keep the building dry.

Saturday 28 November 2009

On the way to Kazania - Scenic Sunday





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On the way to Kazania (part of the mountain Ampelos) the view is so wonderfull.

At the far end a small part of the Village Hora and the airport are visible.

The Island Agathonisi is at the end like a long blue boat.

Cyclamen

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Cyclamen is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants, traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae, but in recent years reclassified in the family Myrsinaceae (Kallersjo et al. 2000). The genus is most widely known by its scientific name Cyclamen being taken into common usage; other names occasionally used include sowbread and sometimes, confusingly, Persian violet (it is not related to the violets), or primrose (neither is it a primrose).
Cyclamen are native to the Mediterranean region from Spain east to Iran, and also in Northeast Africa in areas such as Somalia

More information :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclamen

Thursday 26 November 2009

Sky watch Friday - Rainbow over my home


fishing nets cleaning

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A peacefull Oktober day in the harbour of samos, after a hard fishing day its time to clean and check the fishing nets.

Wednesday 25 November 2009

AKTAIA

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Aktaia is the name of this antipollution Vessel for offshore operations.
It belongs to a European community project with the main target to keep the European seas clean from any kind of pollution.

Monday 23 November 2009

Samos town - my world




http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/

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