The Twin Domed Tombs of Kardamaina
To photography by Sophia Karagianni σε παλιές και νέες ταξιδιωτικές περιπέτειες. Με μια κάμερα σας ξεναγώ στην Κω και τα γύρω νησιά. Γιατί εξερεύνηση και φωτογραφία πάνε μαζί. Photography by Sophia Karagianni in old and new travel adventures. With my camera in hand I take you on a tour around Kos Island and the surrounding Islands. Because exploring and taking photos always go together. ©️ The content exploitation copyright belongs to Sophia Karagianni
Δευτέρα 5 Ιανουαρίου 2026
Οι δίδυμοι θολωτοί τάφοι της Καρδάμαινας ή μήπως όχι?
The Twin Domed Tombs of Kardamaina
Σάββατο 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2025
Ο Άϊ Γιάννης της Σκάλας- περιοχή Robinson
St. John of Skala – Robinson Area
On the road from the town of Kos towards Kardamena, in the area locals call “The Islet of St. John” (Η Ξέρα του Άϊ Γιάννη), a toponym carried as a memory for generations but better known to most as “Robinson” (from the name of the hotel ROBINSON DAIDALOS), there stands a small chapel with a long history: St. John of Skala, also known as “of the Shore of Skala”.
The present-day chapel was built in 2019, through the initiative and expense of Spyros Kentros, on the ruins of an older shrine dedicated to St. John. Very close to the chapel, well hidden, is the spring called “The Skala of St. John”. The name “skala” (literally, “stair” or “ladder”) comes from the fact that the spring-fountain is located on a higher ground, which the village women descended like a staircase to rinse their loumounia (woolen clothes) and onions in the sea, since the water of the spring was not sufficient. They believed that sea water had a disinfecting effect.
The old chapel stood in a rough, hard-to-reach location, “in damakia” – a dry-stone terrace wall built of stones – where the land becomes wild and the cliff meets the sea.
Today, the chapel stands white and well cared for, keeping alive the tradition of the place. Its feast day is on August 29, the commemoration of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, when locals and visitors gather here, continuing a story that never fades.
Damakia (sing. damaki): a local word used for a terrace wall of dry stonework that creates a small flat piece of land. Possibly, by its etymology, its original meaning referred to a small section of a field on a slope, leveled and supported with a dry-stone wall (built without mortar), and over time the wall itself came to be called damaki.
Κυριακή 25 Ιουλίου 2021
Η ΑΝΑΣΚΑΦΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΑΛΑΣΑΡΝΑ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΕΤΑΙ...
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| Η ομαδάρα του ΕΚΠΑ |
THE EXCAVATION AT ANCIENT ALASARNA CONTINUES…
Once again this year, under challenging conditions, the excavation at the beloved archaeological site of Alasarna in Kardamaina continues.
For 15 days, a small team of undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Department of Archaeology and History of Art of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) — led by Associate Professor N. Dimakis, Dr. E. Kalavria, archaeologist of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and Dr. G. Doulfis, educator — quietly carried on an effort that began as a rescue excavation 39 years ago (1982) by the late Charis Kantzia, and which since 1985 has continued as a systematic university excavation by a team of then-young professors, G. Kokkorou-Alevra, S. Kalopissi-Verti, and M. Panayiotidi-Kesisoglou. The hope has always been that even more important finds will come to light and that this archaeological site of our island will finally gain the prestige and recognition it deserves.
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The great NKUA team
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In the following photos: Prof. G. Kokkorou-Alevra, responsible for the excavation of the sanctuary of Apollo, during her guided tour at Ancient Alasarna as part of a two-day conference entitled: “Ancient Alasarna of Kos”, co-organized by the Region of South Aegean, the Municipality of Kos, the Cultural Association of Kos “Philetas,” and members of the faculty of the Department of Archaeology and History of Art of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).The shadows of the visitors connect the ghosts of the past and of Ancient Alasarna with the crowd that follows the tour…
Πέμπτη 10 Αυγούστου 2017
"ΠΕΡΝΟΥΝ ΤΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΧΟΛΙΩ..." ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ ΛΑΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ ΚΩ (ΧΑΝΙ)
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| ανδρική φορεσιά της Κω |
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| γυναικεία φορεσιά της Κω |
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| γυναικεία φορεσιά της Αντιμάχειας |
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| γυναικεία φορεσιά της Κεφάλου |
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| το φόρεμα και λεπτομέρεια από το φόρεμα της Διονυσίας Μεταξωτού (Αντιμάχεια,1885-1960) |
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| γιλέκο & ρολόι του Γιάννη Παπαηλία (Γιάνναρου, περίπου 1880-1950)-Καρδάμαινα |
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| αυθεντικό χασεδένιο πουκάμισο του Νικολιού Χατζηνικολάου (1890-1954, Καρδάμαινα) |
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| κομπολόι του Κωνσταντή Παπαηλία (1876-1940, δώρο από Τούρκο φίλο του το 1900) |
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| η Κοκ-κάλα |
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Φωτογραφίες: Sophia Karagianni
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