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We should buy new eyes to come closer to my painting series "SYTHEMELA" limited edition.The inaccessible austerity divorces the myth from the admiration with the diagonal help of experience. The hardness of the figure has got no relation to an iconic revolt. My writng talks on the borders between untouchable and reality's shivers

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The ancient  theatre of "Philippoi" was a city in eastern Macedonia. Its initial name was Krenides Until 356 B.C. when Philip II of Macedon renamed is after his name. One of the most famous and important monuments of ancient Philippoi is the Hellenistic theatre, built around the 4th century B.C., probably by the King of Macedonia and father of Alexandr the Great, and it still dominates at the lower part of the Acropolis hill. The archaeological site of Philippoi has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List since 2016

We should buy new eyes to come closer to my painting series "SYTHEMELA" limited edition.The inaccessible austerity divorces the myth from the admiration with the diagonal help of experience. The hardness of the figure has got no relation to an iconic revolt. My writng talks on the borders between untouchable and reality's shivers

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PALATAKI is a preserved monument with a view on the sea, built in 1903 on a hill of the Limenaria area. Ita was designed by the famous italian architect Alberto Arigoni, in order to house the german company "Spiedel" which was exploiting the, modern for that time, mineral mines of which the area of Limenaria was so well known. Locals named it "Palataki" because of its individual structure type. it is a two-storeyed building with a characteristic towel built on each side. The frst owners left in 1963

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KALOGERIKO is a traditional 19th century building that decorates the picturesque harbour in the area of Limenas. It is a rectangular structured building of two floors made of wood and stone, based on the traditional tracomacedonian architecture. On the first floor there is a representation of the original traditional Thasian household, embroideries, needlecrafts, furnitute, cookware and loom. The ground floor is used by the municipality of Thassos to host cultural events, and gallery exhibitions of Greek and foreugn artists..

We should buy new eyes to come closer to my painting series "SYTHEMELA" limited edition.The inaccessible austerity divorces the myth from the admiration with the diagonal help of experience. The hardness of the figure has got no relation to an iconic revolt. My writng talks on the borders between untouchable and reality's shivers

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Kavala is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport between Thessaloniki and Istanbul with a long and significant presence in the historical evolution of the area. The city's history starts in the late 7th century B.C when the name was Neapolis, continues in the Middle Ages when renamed Christoupolis as the first city to accept Christianism, was later part of the Ottoman Empire from 1387nto 1912, known nowadays as Kavala; was also referred as Cavalla in her long history. The identity of the town as a tobacco trade centre is considered to have greatly influenced the local development as much as the working profile status of Balkans after the first strikes recorded

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Tsarouchi is a typical shoe which was worn at the Byzantine era and is mainly connected with the Greeks. Tsarouchia shoes were worn by both urban and rural Greeks, mainly men, but in several occasions by women as well. Later on, until the early 19th century the use of it was restricted only to the nomadic populations as a sign of backwardness. Nowadays, they constitute the characteristic part of presidential guards' uniform known as 'Evzones' as well as in various traditional festivals and dances.

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The belief in 'mati' dates back almost 3000 years to classical antiquity and ancient Greece. The symbol and superstition of 'mati' is one of the strongest symbolic images in the whole world. According to the tradition, protection against bad luck and negativity is easy to come by with 'mati' charms that can be worn, carried or hung in homes and working places.