Sunday, April 29, 2012

Hadrian's Library in the evening

Once you get off from the subway to Monastiraki station, immediately after the Square, and next to Tzistarakis Mosque, then you walk by an imposing complex of Corinthian columns. This rectangular building is Hadrian's Library, and is one of the favorite meeting points of Athens city.

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Η Βιβλιοθήκη του Αδριανού στην Αθήνα σφαιρικό πανόραμα 360 μοιρών - νυχτερινή λήψη.


Hadrian's Library - little planet view



Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Les Miserables of Athens

Below the Acropolis, just meters from the station and Monastiraki Square, behind the lights, next to the luxury hotel, some people have found shelter to spend their night in the street. It is the wretched of the city.

They are the ones, for whom we have no tolerance to look at them, straight in the eyes.


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Les Miserables of Athens - little planet view



Thursday, April 12, 2012

Athens meat market

Athens Meat Market is busy because of Easter. The tradition for Easter in Greece is to roast a whole lamb in huge roasters in the yards. The lamb is roasted on the spit (or 'souvla") and it is traditionally named "Ovelias".

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Athens meat market 



Friday, April 6, 2012

Vathis Square in Athens night shot

Vathis Square in the center of Athens is a key road junction at the city entrance.
From this square start Acharnon Road and Liosion Road that lead to Lamia and Thessaloniki. Marnis Street is a continuation of Karolou Street which continues into the the national highway Athens - Corinth.

There is controversy about the origin of the name of Vathis Square.

-Some believe that it took its name from a man with a similar name.

-But in the late of 19th century, it was named as 'Vathia' as described by the writers of this era. 'Vathia' meant a dent, which gathered and stagnant waters of the stream Kyklovorou​​, coming down from the Polygono (now Marnis Street and its continuation, Karolou Street).

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Η Πλατεία Βάθης στην Αθήνα σφαιρικό πανόραμα 360 μοιρών - νυχτερινή λήψη.



Vathis Square - little planet view



Athenian neoclassical house with blooming trees

In the center of Athens, at the corner of Ithaca and Kalymnos street, stands this neoclassical house. Here is seen with orange blossoms and lilac trees, as photographed on April 6, 2012.


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Athenian neoclassical house with blooming trees





Thursday, April 5, 2012

The Athens Polytechnic University Gate at the end of the “Regime Change” era

The gate of the Polytechnic University that was smashed by a tank invasion on 17 November 1973, during the uprising that led to the fall of the Junta and the beginning of the period called as “Regime Change” in Greece. Today more and more analysts are talking about the end of the “Regime Change” era. Center-left and center-right who for almost 40 years monopolized power, have put Greece in the darkest part of the tunnel of economic and social crisis and have condemned the people to poverty for decades. In the upcoming elections scheduled for May 2012, the parties of the coalition, are already operating under the pressure of electoral failure, while the fragmentation of the Left does not allow them to gain power. Nobody may know what will follow.




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Athens Polytechnic University Gate




Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Bus stop on Stadiou Street - Athens

Stadiou Street in the center of the Greek capital, is joining the two principal squares of Athens: Syntagma Square where stands the Parliament and the Omonoia Square.
Here is a bus stop in front of a jewelery shop, as seen during a night shot. There is graffiti on the walls. One of them reads: "Wildcat strikes! The class struggle is the feast of the poor."
Across the street stands the abandoned historic neoclassical building 'Athinogenis Mansion'.

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Bus stop on Stadiou Street

Monday, April 2, 2012

The abandoned historical Hotel ‘Acropole Palace’ in Athens

The hotel was built in 1926-28 and in 1990 UNESCO characterized the building as a shining example of “ArtNouveau” architecture in Europe. In 1973, during the Polytechnic revolt, this hotel was the basement for foreign correspondents, while worldwide famous photographs and films of the era were taken from its balconies. On January 9th, 2012 a major fire broke out at the historic building. It has recently become a shelter for homeless people.



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To εγκαταλελειμμένο ιστορικό ξενοδοχείο ‘Acropole Palace’ στην Αθήνα σε σφαιρικό πανόραμα 360 μοιρών - νυχτερινή λήψη.




Abandoned Hotel ‘Acropole Palace’ - little planet view
Abandoned Hotel ‘Acropole Palace’ - little planet view

Omonoia Square night shot

The central square of the Greek Capital named Omonoia (Concord Square, Place de la Concorde) as seen during the night.

Shot taken on March 21, 2012.

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Omonoia Square night shot