Amorgos. Another Cycladic island in the Aegean Sea, the island
is very dry (but I don't think it imports H2O). The Chora, or main village,
is up in the hills, quite far from the port for defensive reasons. The
architecture is Corbusiere's classic white Mediterranean boxes. The town
has no streets which accomodate vehicles - all are narrow and fairly steep.
In the "center" of the village, more or less, is a set of wide streets
which make the plazas or city squares in which you find restaurants, bank,
telephone, coffee shops and trees. The houses each have their own courtyards,
usually shaded with an arbor or bamboo device of some sort.
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Slide ID: CD011-091-S002-009
Title: Amorgos
Comments: General view of village in the
hills
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Slide ID: CD011-092-S002-010
Title: Amorgos
Comments: View of roofs of houses with
thatch-covered courtyard
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Slide ID: CD011-093-S002-011
Title: Amorgos
Comments: Main "plaza" street of town with
shade trees
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Slide ID: CD011-094-S002-012
Title: Amorgos
Comments: A coffee shop with outdoor tables
under shade trees
Hydra. A Saronic island, just off the west coast of the Peloponisus
(Pelopenesean) penninsula and south of Athens in the Saronic Gulf. Hydra
is a completely dry island and imports all of its water. It has a long
history of shipping and providing sea captains and has a prosperous history.
Houses now sell to tourists for $100,000+ and gold shops are all over the
main street in the port. No vehicle streets - very narrow stepped streets
go up the hills from the very active waterfront. The village of Hydra faces
due north: which makes for nice sunsets in June, but the view and the sun
are usually at odds. See: Hydra - a book by ?????? which studies the "urban
design" and physical history of the village - very nice.
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Slide ID: CD011-095-S002-013
Title: Hydra
Comments: General view of the port (waterfront
and village)
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Slide ID: CD011-096-S002-014
Title: Hydra
Comments: View of roofs including monastery
near waterfront
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Author ID: 15 SBSE Slide ID: CD011-097-S002-015
Title: Hydra
Comments: Pedestrian street
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Slide ID: CD011-098-S002-016
Title: Hydra
Comments: Waterfront ?????? |
