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Porto Lago / Lakki: a 1930’s model town in the Aegean

On the island of Leros in the Dodecanese archipelago of the Aegean Sea you can find a strange town that looks like an old movie set. This is the town of Lakki, or Porto Lago as it was originally called when it was built in the 1930s, during the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese. Some of its buildings have been declared monuments by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

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Lycabettus Theater opens up again

The Lycabettus Theater is an open-air theater built on the site of a former limestone quarry on Mount Lycabettus in Athens. The hill is the highest in the center of Athens with a height of 285 meters, and offers a panoramic view of the city. After 15 years of “silence”, the theater reopens its gates on September 15, 2023, fully renovated.

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𝙆𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙊𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙊𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣🌿 The Agricultural Cooperative “Union of Messinia” registered the “Kalamata Olive” into the International Register of the Geneva Act, after the Lisbon Agreement, which protects the product name from a region that follows a specific traditional production process.⁉️ Did you know❓🫒Kalamata olives come from the famous Kalamata region of southern Greece. They are plump, fleshy olives that are full in flavor. They have a natural blackish-brown color and a slightly softer texture when they ripen on the tree.The colour of Kalamata olives is not uniform due to the natural process, but depends on the side of the tree they are on and the exposure to the sun. Those that are more exposed to the sun have a darker colour. ... See MoreSee Less
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