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

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

Sep 15, 2023 |

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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