A peep view on the Long Museum night in Zurich (2022). Pictures from New Kunsthaus, Museum of Design, Cocktail Art night and Water Church of Zurich. Click each picture for full size.
Museum of Design
Cocktail Art night
Museum of Design
Museum of Design
Water Church of Zurich
New Kunsthaus
Minoan bull symbol in Knossos palace
Gryphon fresco in the royal hall of Knossos
Swing, already in fashion in 2000 BC
Fresco reconstructions in Knossos
Minoan tombs
Minoan souvenirs out of the palace
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty
6. Balos, all the colors of water
7. Visitors (or not) in the Mediterranean Sea
8. The only good nation is Imagination
Minoans are the oldest population of Crete and are proposed as the founders of the first European advanced civilization. Crete and the island of Santorini preserve Minoan traces from 3500 BC to present days. Art habits and religion of Minoan were later absorbed by the Mycenaean (Greek) culture.
In the palace of Knossos, red bull fresco, a labyrinth reminder
Sea life on Minoan vases
Inside king Minos palace of Knossos
Vase tombs from the Minoan civilization
Phaistos Disc with its undecipherable message
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty
6. Balos, all the colors of water
7. Visitors (or not) in the Mediterranean Sea
8. The only good nation is Imagination
Closed in 1957, the last leper colony of Europe was located in the fortress of Spinalonga. It counted up to 400 members
Entrance to the citadel from the West side
View on Plaka bay from the fortress
Saint Luca ramparts
North sea view
Through the Venetian quarters
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty
6. Balos, all the colors of water
7. Visitors (or not) in the Mediterranean Sea
8. The only good nation is Imagination
First Catholic, then Arab, then Orthodox. Signs of alternation in the citadel of Rethymno
Along the defense wall, the Ottoman mosque in the background
View from the citadel to the North shores of Crete
In the Santa Barbara of the castle
View of Rethymno from the theater square
Armory buildings of the fortress
This is the new episode of the reportage Crete:Kingdom of Candia. Click each picture to open it full size. Previous episode(s):
1. Once upon the time in the Kingdom of Candia
2. Gramvousa ochre and turquoise
4. Go West: Falassarna shores of Crete
5. Balos lagoon, a royal beauty
6. Balos, all the colors of water
7. Visitors (or not) in the Mediterranean Sea
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