Tag: ARCHITECTURE

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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The anniversary exhibition “Gennadius 100: A Century of Inspiration” narrates the history of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, one of the country’s most important intellectual institutions—a treasure trove of knowledge, remarkable collections, and rare books, some of which are being presented to the public for the first time in this exhibition.
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The “Lord of the Rings,” Eleftherios Petrounias, wins gold at the World Cup in Cairo🥇