This was the title of a very important speech he gave
Academician M. Korres presented at the Academy of Athens, on October 5, 2021, an important study on the signpost of Moudari, also known as Sematoreio. This is one of the most important monuments of modern history with an international dimension. Watch Manolis Korres' lecture and a slideshow of the presentation curated by Kythera.News in video below. At the end is a biography of the academic.
Telegraphy, as a high technology, was developed during the Napoleonic wars, first in France and very soon in the other countries involved, but also in others across the Atlantic. At that time, machines for forming optical signals, complex printed codes and telegraphic buildings equipped with telegraphic machines, telescopes and various special devices were created. These were staffed by the specialized personnel of the Transit, Land and Sea Services. With the electric telegraph the original form of telegraphy became obsolete, the stations were demolished, the equipment was looted or ended up in metal recycling, and all that remains are some place names. However, some coastal stations, necessary for communication with coastal ships, were retained even into the early 20th century.no century, but they too were abolished with the advent of Wireless Telegraphy. In Greece, such stations existed in the busiest and most strategic points of the sea routes. The most important of these was the channel between the Peloponnese and Kythera. Not by chance the most perfect telegraphic station was there. Unfortunately, due to war damage, subsequent looting and natural deterioration, this great monument of history and technology is in a very poor condition. Nevertheless, thanks to recent research, it has been possible to discover the original form of the building and much of its mechanical equipment.
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Biography Manolis Korres
History of ancient architecture - Restoration.
He was born in Athens in 1948. He studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (1972), and did postgraduate studies at the Technical University of Munich (1975-77), and received his PhD from the Freie Universität Berlin (1991) and the NTUA (1992). Engineer in the Acropolis Monument Conservation Projects (1975, 1977-1979), Head of the Restoration Department of the Directorate for the Restoration of Ancient Monuments of the Ministry of Culture (1981), Head of the «Parthenon» Project of the 1st Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (1983-1999). Associate Professor (1999) and Primary Professor (2006-2015) at the NTUA. He taught ancient architecture, historical topography, restoration, apart from the NTUA, at the National and Kapodistrian University, at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Berkeley in the USA, and at universities and research centres in Europe, America and Asia. He has participated in the study, conservation, restoration and enhancement of many historical monuments throughout Greece. In Athens in particular, he worked at the Erechthion, the sanctuary of Dionysus, the Dionysian Theatre on the southern slopes of the Acropolis (project manager 1980-1983) and especially at the Parthenon (between 1983 and 1999 he was in charge of restoration and enhancement work on the monument). He was or is a member of the Committees for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA), the Dionysian Theatre, the Acropolis of Lindos, the Epicurean Apollo, the Subcommittee for the Conservation of the Parthenon Sculptures and the Marathon Committee. He was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Acropolis Museum Reconstruction Organisation and a member of the jury of the International Architectural Competition for the restoration of the Temple of Augustus in Pozzuoli, Campania, in southern Italy. Full member of the Central Archaeological Council (KAS, 2006-). Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin and the Koldewey Gesellschaft. Gold Medal of the Academy of Rome (2013), Silver Medal of the French Academy of Architecture (1995), Bronze Medal of the Academy of Athens (1989), Alexander von Humboldt Prize (2003), Premio Internazionale di Archeologia, città di Ugento (Premio Zeus, 2006). The Academy of Athens awarded him for his book The roof of the Herodion and other giant bridges (2014). Order of the Brigadier General of the Order of the Phoenix (1998). C h i r i a l a n d t h e r e a r g e : Study for the Restoration of the Parthenon, vol. 2b (Athens 1989); Construction of ancient columns (Athens 1991); From Penteli to the Parthenon (Athens 1993); Study for the Restoration of the Parthenon (Athens 1994); Execution, Content and Value of the Kauppert Maps of Attica (Athens 2008); - The roof of the Herodion and other giant bridges (Athens 2014) - (With Katerina Tzanaki) The Koita of Mesa Mani and its architecture. Proposal for the protection and renewal of the settlement (Athens 1976); (With Ch. H. Skoulikidis - N. Bellogiannis - Evi Papakonstantinou - D. Charalambous - K. Zampa) Study for the Restoration of the Parthenon (Athens 1983) - (With N. Toganidis - K. Zampa - Th. Skoulikidis etc.) Study for the Restoration of the Parthenon, vol. 2a (Athens 1989) - (With C. Hadjiaslani) The explosion of the Parthenon (Berlin 1990).
Regular member of the Academy of Athens since 2017.
