Showing posts with label Monuments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monuments. Show all posts

Russian Cemetery of Kozaki in Lemnos

 A lot of Kozaki deported and transported in many places miles away from Russia in 1920-1921 during the civil war. Almost 5000 of them transferred to Lemnos island in Cape Pounta with the help of French and British ships. They arrived there  with their families and relatives so as to survive from the Communists, who were the winners of the war. Many of them were priests, artists, teachers, doctors, nuns, merchants and ministers. They were imprisoned  in a camp in Portianou by their former allies French and British.

Acropolis of Athens, Greece

Acropolis of Athens is on a slope in the centre of the city of Athens. One of the most impressive buildings and monuments are situated there, which were built many centuries ago as symbols of Greek democracy, classical spirit and civilization. The most distinctive monument is the temple of Parthenon, which is built with durable Pentelic marble in the Golden age (c. 495 – 429 BC) in the fifth century BC and it was full of artefacts, sculptures and masterpieces, some of them have been stolen and are in different famous museums around the world now. According to historics, it took eight years to be completed. Inside the Parthenon, there was the famous chryselephantine statue of Virgin Athena, which was designed and created by Phidias. Apart from Parthenon, there are other three fabulous building, like the Propylaia, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike. The monuments of Acropolis are protected by Unesco, as they have been characterised as World Cultural and Natural Heritage Monuments that they constantly inspire and influence even now relevant with human values, rights,  art and the free expression.