Miscellaneous

Voting in Chora primary school for Kythera municipal elections, October 15th 2006. For details of the elections and voting results, please see the "Island News" section of this site.

More than a view of Sydney harbour but a view of the landing place for many Kytherian (and Greek)young men when arriving in Australia to start a new life. Can you imagine how bare it was in 1900 - no bridge, buildings on...

This is an adult portrait of 5 of the 6 children born to Arthur & Constance Protos in Vandergrift,PA,USA. Back row L-R: John,Irene,George Front row: Angelo & Stamata(Mae) Missing:Manuel

The record book with, above it, five negative plates in various conditions waiting to be examined and recorded.

The first step: blocks of caked and mud-encrusted negative plates laid out on trestle tables prior to separation and cleaning.

After cleaning, the negative plate is given a serial number and all necessary details, including an estimate of its condition on a scale of 0-4, are meticulously entered in the record book. The plate is then placed in an...

Chrysoula Fatseas examining the glass negative of a photo taken by here great-uncle Panayotis Fatseas in the 1920s. She has just finished cleaning the plate of accumulated mud, grime and dust.

Chrysoula Fatseas, who is completing a photography degree at the Athens Technical Institute, is fulfilling her practical experience requirement by working on the photographic archive of her great-uncle Panayotis Fatseas....

Born in 1877 and Died in 1935 living in Frigilianika/ Kastrisianika areas of Kythera

Maria and Andrew Kalokerinos

Dedication Plaque

This building was donated to the Prefecture of Iraklion by the Kalokerinos Family.This museum houses the history of the Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans and their occupation of the island.

This symbol is based on the original symbol for Aphrodite - Venus (Venus is the Romanised version of Kythera's Aphrodite). The symbol for Venus, based on the even older Egyptian symbol of the ankh, is that which is now b...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4592418.stm A strong earthquake has struck southern Greece, including the capital, Athens, but there are no reports of injuries. The underwater quake, which measured 6.9 magnitude, shook...

Evacuating an elderly wheelchair-bound villager, Kythera airport was unusually crowded this morning, with a couple of helicopters including a large Chinook on the tarmac, as well as a four-engined army transport plane wh...

Houses on the left are marked with the red cross in a circle which indicates they are not safe to enter. Kythera airport was unusually crowded this morning, with a couple of helicopters including a large Chinook on the t...

The ruins of an old house or of outbuildings at the SW end of the village, just where the Viaradika road begins. Kythera airport was unusually crowded this morning, with a couple of helicopters including a large Chinook...

The ruins of an old house or of outbuildings at the SW end of the village, just where the Viaradika road begins. Kythera airport was unusually crowded this morning, with a couple of helicopters including a large Chinook...

A lancet window in the upper part of the NW bell tower. The internal staircase has completely collapsed, filling the shaft with rubble. Kythera airport was unusually crowded this morning, with a couple of helicopters inc...

The whole tower could come down at any moment, with the upper part essentially supported on a single crumbling pier. The rubble-and-mortar construction, largely responsible for the collapse of the building, is clearly vi...