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Sotiris Blatsis | profile | all galleries >> The Travel Photography - here, there and everywhere >> Greece, my land >> Skyros Island - windswept pride in the heart of the Aegean tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Skyros Island - windswept pride in the heart of the Aegean

Between 16 and 22 August 2004 I visited the island of Skyros for a second time. Skyros, belonging to the Sporades complex, is an isolated island which somewhat like hovers in the middle of the Aegean Sea and is renowned as the place where Achilles, the hero of the greek mythology, was brought up. Almost throughout the whole year, the island is being swept by strong winds. Skyros Town is built amphitheatrically, around a bluff rocky hill, while the scenery at the rest of the island changes suddenly from dry in the south to green in the north.
White decorated rock...
White decorated rock...		 ...from East...
...from East...		 ...to West.
...to West.
Blessed revolutionaries...
Blessed revolutionaries...		 ...in Central Square.
...in Central Square.		 Castle-protected medieval monastery...
Castle-protected medieval monastery...
...in between roof and wall.
...in between roof and wall.		 High Noon emptiness...
High Noon emptiness...		 ...in smaller streets as well.
...in smaller streets as well.
Stacked up until the evening
Stacked up until the evening		 A blossomed shade over the staircase
A blossomed shade over the staircase		 Heavy steps...
Heavy steps...
...green by green...
...green by green...		 ...or green by grey...
...or green by grey...		 ...will descend to the other side.
...will descend to the other side.
Lit by the setting sun...
Lit by the setting sun...		 ...at the Square of Eternal Poetry.
...at the Square of Eternal Poetry.		 Rupert Brooke gazes at the rock...
Rupert Brooke gazes at the rock...
...turning his back on Molos and Maghazia.
...turning his back on Molos and Maghazia.		 Terrace to immenseness
Terrace to immenseness		 In the middle of nowhere
In the middle of nowhere
Overlooking Kyra-Panaghia...
Overlooking Kyra-Panaghia...		 ...and Atsitsa Bay - from one side...
...and Atsitsa Bay - from one side...		 ...or another.
...or another.
Pefkos Bay, a western-shore shelter...
Pefkos Bay, a western-shore shelter...		 ...for boats...
...for boats...		 ...and for swimmers.
...and for swimmers.
White spots...
White spots...		 ...and grey shelves...
...and grey shelves...		 ...just at sea surface level.
...just at sea surface level.
Kolymbada Beach, for the less social ones
Kolymbada Beach, for the less social ones		 The short-bodied Skyrian horse...
The short-bodied Skyrian horse...		 ...in its natural shelter.
...in its natural shelter.
Shaped by the wind
Shaped by the wind		 A yellow-lit dinner with Skyros traditional food...
A yellow-lit dinner with Skyros traditional food...		 ...lobster spaghetti!
...lobster spaghetti!
Linaria Port by night...
Linaria Port by night...		 ...as viewed from this bar on the rocks.
...as viewed from this bar on the rocks.		 Last blue memories upon departure
Last blue memories upon departure
Faltaits Folklore Museum: a deep insight into Skyros history and tradition
:: Faltaits Folklore Museum: a deep insight into Skyros history and tradition ::

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