tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147983983205944372012-02-16T08:47:13.833+02:00Το Νησί των Ποιητών / Island of the PoetsFilho do Ventonoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014798398320594437.post-78179290379143250702009-10-25T18:52:00.006+02:002009-10-25T19:18:04.114+02:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/SuSIKfet8lI/AAAAAAAAAU4/6b6V5voVcoE/s1600-h/IMG_3251.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/SuSIKfet8lI/AAAAAAAAAU4/6b6V5voVcoE/s320/IMG_3251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396587967327105618" /></a><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/SuSDlp2NMJI/AAAAAAAAAUw/MjXcWhiygMc/s1600-h/IMG_3245.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/SuSDlp2NMJI/AAAAAAAAAUw/MjXcWhiygMc/s320/IMG_3245.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396582936408305810" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2014798398320594437-7817929037914325070?l=isladelospoetas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Filho do Ventonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014798398320594437.post-31946356773706735012009-06-09T13:12:00.000+03:002009-06-09T13:12:00.385+03:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/Sh0VFP9eIVI/AAAAAAAAAUY/Noc7RG1VkrE/s320/IMG_7677.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340447913059164498" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Before</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/Sh0WRG-ns5I/AAAAAAAAAUg/fHnc-UQtyJ0/s1600-h/IMG_1383.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/Sh0WRG-ns5I/AAAAAAAAAUg/fHnc-UQtyJ0/s320/IMG_1383.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340449216318124946" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">After</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Across the northeast coastline of Zakynthos (Zante) lay 6 vardiolas, built by the venetians during the occupation of the island in the 18</span>^{<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span>}<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> century. These small stone buildings were used as watchtowers with the obvious purpose of detecting any suspicious or enemy ships coming from the east.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These stone buildings are some of the few of archeological interest still standing on the island and should be protected as historical monuments by the Greek State and local administration.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About a week ago, the Municipality of Arkadion, (one of the six municipalities in Zakynthos island) started digging up the area around one of these vardiolas (Vardiola Beloussi, near the village of Kypseli) to build a cantina! As you may see in the picture above, the surroundings of the building is totally ruined!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It seems that the only culture left in this place is the one of carelessness, money and self-interest</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Welcome to the island of culture &amp; civilization...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2014798398320594437-3194635677370673501?l=isladelospoetas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Filho do Ventonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014798398320594437.post-88723795805070556472009-05-27T00:03:00.001+03:002009-05-27T00:09:11.879+03:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/ShxaZOs1bhI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/VjFI_F_wGKU/s1600-h/EOS_00001687.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/ShxaZOs1bhI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/VjFI_F_wGKU/s320/EOS_00001687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340242647643942418" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2014798398320594437-8872379580507055647?l=isladelospoetas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Filho do Ventonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014798398320594437.post-89088297355931815322009-05-19T16:21:00.002+03:002009-05-19T16:25:03.346+03:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/ShKzFMvYiiI/AAAAAAAAAUI/1-zzKBjVfM0/s1600-h/IMG_0714.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z-8gRhu2ECs/ShKzFMvYiiI/AAAAAAAAAUI/1-zzKBjVfM0/s320/IMG_0714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337525410288142882" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2014798398320594437-8908829735593181532?l=isladelospoetas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Filho do Ventonoreply@blogger.com0