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hidden Myconos
«FARMSTEAdS ANd A
ChAPEL IN LAGAdA, 1976»
From the book «Mykonos,
A Photographic Memento,
THE rOuGH INLANd Volume II, 1951-1985” by
Panayotis kousathanas.
Born in Mykonos in 1945,
Panayotis kousathanas studied
Further inland, at a remove from the fringe of golden beaches, the island resists change. Brown Greek and English literature
granite, rocks, soft hills and sparse green shrubs make up the “natural” landscape, as if dictated and worked as a high school
teacher for twenty years.
by the scenery. “Show me how you build and I will tell you who you are,” the renowned Greek In 2014 he received an award
architect Aris Konstantinidis wrote. There are still some "authentic" buildings and areas where from The Academy of Athens for
his body of work (over fifteen
the only music you can hear is the meltemi wind whistling through the pigeon lofts! books with poems, short stories
andessays) on the history and
civilization of his birthplace.
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