Photos taken by Kevrekidis

Santorini volcano

The island group of Santorini (Thera) is the most well-known and active volcanic centre of the Hellenic (Greek) Volcanic Arc in the south Aegean Sea.

Date: 12 June 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: volcano atlantis europe aegean macedonia
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Knossos – Crete, Greece. West Bastion of Knossos Palace. Relief wall painting of the sacred Bull. Labyrinth was the dwelling of the Minotaur in Greek mythology, and many associate the palace of Knossos with the legend of Theseus killing the Minotaur.

Date: 11 June 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: bullfighting crete history palace archaeology archeology bull civilization earthquake fighting mythology knossos minoan labyrinth daedalus icarus myth minotaur taurokathapsia
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Patmos Monastery

Patmos Island – Greece. The first thing you notice when you approach Patmos, is the monastery of Saint John the Divine. Its presence is overwhelming. It looks like a Byzantine castle and was built like a fortress. http://kevrekidis.deviantart.com/gallery/

Date: 10 June 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: aegean patmos apocalypse
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Ephesus II

An ancient Greek inscription and the Library of Celsus in Ephesus. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city in the region known as Ionia during the Classical period. It lies beside Selcuk and Kusadasi in Asia Minor (Anatolia), Turkey. The Library of Celsus was built in the 2nd century AD to serve as a burial monument dedicated to Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, the Roman senator and proconsul of Asia. The style of the library, with its ornate, balanced, well-planned facade, reflects the Greek influence on Roman architecture.

Date: 10 June 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Turkey: gallery
Tags: sea architecture greece history ancient aegean greek mediterranean ephesus archeology türkiye efes ionia anatolia
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Ephesus

Ephesus lies beside Selcuk and Kusadasi in Asia Minor (Anatolia), Turkey. It was an ancient Greek city in the region known as Ionia during the Classical period.

Date: 10 June 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Turkey: gallery
Tags: architecture greece ruins greek ephesus archeology efes ionia anatolia "aegean sea"
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Karagiozis

Karagiozis - Traditional Greek shadow theater

Date: 9 June 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: turkey shadow europe greek mediterranean ottoman theater macedonia türkiye anatolia karagiozis
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Piraeus Station

The Athens - Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP) is the oldest urban rapid transit system of Athens metropolitan area in Greece.

Date: 7 June 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: train athens railway piraeus electric
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Tower of the Winds

The Tower of the Winds (Aerides) or Horologion (timepiece) of Andronicos at Athens, Greece.

Date: 29 May 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: architecture history athens ancient aegean greek photography acropolis macedonia
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Eternal Olive

Olea Europaea or Olive tree (from Greek word elaion). It was purely a matter of local pride that the Athenians claimed that the olive first grew in Athens. In an archaic Athenian foundation myth, Goddess Athena won the patronship of Athens from Poseidon with the gift of the olive. The olive was sacred to Athena and appeared on the Athenian coinage.

Date: 15 May 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: trees architecture temple history ruins tree athens europe ancient greek photography mediterranean archaeology archeology civilization macedonia macedonian mythology olive
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Aegean Sea – Greece

Date: 28 March 2009
Photographer: Kevrekidis: gallery
Location: Greece: gallery
Tags: sea aegean
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Immigrant Workers

Immigration in Greece has emerged as one of the major social issues with serious political and economic repercussions. The largest group of immigrants residing in Greece comes from ex communist countries. There are more than 1 million immigrants in Greece (equivalent to 10% of the population) mostly from Albania, followed by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Iraq, Kurdistan, Philippines and many African counties. Wages in Greece for work in the black market are 3 to 6 times higher than standard wages in their home countries. Yet, they have to live their lives in the insecurity and the constant fear of being deported. Since Greece has declared that is not an immigration country, there is hardly any state infrastructure to help immigrants integrate in the Greek society.