Category: Modern Greek Architecture

AEGEAN SEA KAYAKING TOUR

Aa fantastic experience to explore the Athenian Saronic Gulf by Kayak to The Ancient Temple of Poseidon

AN AMAZING CULINARY EXPERIENCE

GREECE 2017 ATHENS – NAFPLIO – CRETE 10 DAY TOUR Join us and enjoy the Greek traditional cuisine and Greek gastronomy, the wine-making traditions, the great variety of dishes that changes with season and geography and the culinary habits passed down from generation to generation! ♥ Culinary Highlights o  Tastings of more than 15 delicacies only…

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ATHENS BY FOOT

Join me on a journey into the Golden Age of Ancient Athens by Foot

Athens Parliament / King Otto’s Palace

The New Parliament/ King Otto’s Palace The New Parliament building in Syntagma Square, Athens was the former Palace to King Otto and his Queen, Amalia.  It has marked many generations of historical facts that have withstood many changes and adaptations in both the political and architectural patterns.  Adaptations and renovations mainly took place after the…

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Archaic Period – Ancient Greece – Sculpture

    The Rampin Horseman, ca. 550 BCE, Acr. 590 Housed in the Acropolis Museum A fragmented male equestrian is featured as subject matter in the object of my discussion, which is housed within the Acropolis Museum, Athens Greece.  I will attempt to translate my visual interpretation into a textual language of description. The medium…

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Athens Concert Hall / Megaron

An Evening of Symphony I attended the Athens Concert Hall (Mitropoulos Hall, Megaron) on Saturday, 31 October 2009 to appreciate and absorb the music of R. Wagner, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, J. Haydn and Z. Kod’aly.  In having to report my experience at the Megaron, i have selected J. Haydn as my topic of expression in his Symphony…

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