Strofades
Located south of Zakynthos and west of Peloponnese, “in one of the most remote corners of the Greek seas lies the tiny island of Stamfani, part of the two-islet group called the Strofades”. This small island has been the host of a massive fortress-monastery unique in Greece. Once a thriving outpost of the Byzantine empire…
Mykonos
Robert McCabe visited the island of Mykonos on different occasions between 1955 and 1957 and captured a life still rooted in millennial traditions. At the time, it was a quiet island, still undisturbed from the levelling march of progress. There was no running water, one bus, little electricity. Through the photos one gets a glimpse of a world that was about to disappear…
The English School, Nicosia. 1900–1960
The book covers the formative period of the English School from its founding by Canon Newham in 1900 until the end of the British Colonial period in 1960. In these sixty years the author, Kyriakos Demetriades, follows its humble beginnings from a house within the old town of Nicosia with a student population of 13 to a highly diverse and large institution with a population …
The Church of Panagia tou Arakos
The book, on what many consider as the most important church of the Byzantine period in Cyprus, has been in the making for nine years. It is organized in three sections. The first one, in black and white, contains texts by experts in their respective fields, a second one in color contains the photographic documentation of the church and an appendix…
The Story of Neophytos the Recluse
The book was produced to accompany an exhibition by the same name by the visual artist Lefteris Olympios. Τhe exhibition was organised by the Department of Antiquities at the village of Lefkara, birthplace of Neophytos. The works were accompanied by extensive texts written by Κatia Galatariotou, a researcher on the History of Byzantium and author of the book The Making of a Saint, on Saint Neοphytos…
Nice Dream
Nice Dream is a project by Nice Day, an upscale land developer that specializes in urban projects. Nice Dream located in a central location of Nicosia, is a mixed use building combining retail spaces on the ground floor, office spaces on the lower floors and apartments on the upper floors, with a common use floor housing a cafe and a gym separating the offices from the apartments. ..
