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The relationship between visual arts and weather explored in an exhibition at Fondazione Prada in Venice

The relationship between visual arts and weather as a means of highlighting the urgency of climate change is explored in an exhibition at the...

The bell tower of St George's in Venice leans like the Tower of Pisa

The bell tower of St. George of the Greeks in Venice is 430 years old this year. It was built in 1592 with donations and donations from the...

Spiridione Blandi, teacher

An important figure in 18th-century Venice was the Kythirian scholar Spyridon Vlantis (1765-1830), who studied at the renowned...

From Crete to Kythera. The Kasimatis family

The presence of the Kasimatis family in Kythera is placed by the literature at the beginning of the 14th century. The first relevant...

Stamatis Konomos: A Maniates in 16th century Kythera

Among the people who were active in Kythera during the 16th century, Stamatis Konomos stands out. Many but scattered information...

Historical outline of Kythera during the Venetian period

This article by the historian Kostas C. Tsiknakis is a translation, with a few additions, of the paper presented at the Simposio...

The Chronicle of Chilas for the Monastery of Saint Theodoros of Kythera in the year 1457

In Modern Greek Literature, several chronicles, i.e. texts of historical importance where an important event or an important incident is recorded....

Mylopotamos, a journey through the wilderness and silence

Driving towards Kato Chora of Kythera, one passes Aroniadika and at Dokana turns left towards the village of...