A Child of Paros – Un Enfant de Paros
Dive in Paros once upon a time
On the occasion of the publication of the book "Un Enfant de Paros" by Yannis Ragousis, the journalist Alain Desauvage presents us the work and its author.
TRUMAN CAPOTE
Postcard from Paros
In that June of bygone 1958, the then fledgling writer Truman Capote arrives at the Meltemi Hotel in Paros. He has just finished his short novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s and is looking for a break from the turbulent waters of the New York literary scene. Now was the time for letting the sun and the blue Aegean, parties, drinking, adventure and love into his life.
PARIANA
A journey of 44 years is coming to an end
Captained by Nikos Chr. Aliprantis, the boat of PARIANA has travelled us, over all these years, across the seas of Parian history, tradition, arts and letters providing us with valuable insights and intellectual stimulation.
ELIZABETH CARSON
Liz remembered
Liz was born in New York, studied at New York University, and from her late twenties lived on Paros. We were married in 1965, when I was twenty, so she was the companion of my whole adult life. It turns out that she was important to a great many others as friend, mentor, and as artist.
Anagennisi
A bookshop with a history
It may not have always been called Anagennisi (“renaissance”), but the well-known bookshop-cum-stationer’s-cum-Greek and international newsagent’s has been around since 1932, always owned by the Biza family.
Damianos Gavalas – Free Beaches
Last year’s extraordinary summer
Last summer was unlike any other. Paros unveiled its dynamic activist face by uttering a vocal “No” to the illegal exploitation of its beaches and every other public space. Behind that massive non-partisan movement that received media coverage all over the world is the Citizens’ Movement. One of its representatives, Mr. Damianos Gavalas, tells us about that strange summer...
Parikia’s emblematic neoclassical mansion
DIMITRAKOPOULOS RESIDENCE
Almost halfway along Lohagou G. Gravari Street, which is lined with most of the neoclassical buildings of Parikia, rises the imposing Dimitrakopoulos Residence. A building that you can hardly pass by without pausing to admire, even though it is located in one of the busiest and most commercial parts of the city.
Spolia: The stones tell their own story
NATASA BIZA: CHANGING PLACES / A STONE STORY
Spolia (Latin, “spoils”; sg.: spolium) are stones taken from an old structure and repurposed for new construction or decorative purposes.
The subversive sculptor of ”passion”
Skopas of Paros
Paros has been my favourite site of research and study since my student years, especially the years of doctoral studies at Cornell University, USA, an institution of renowned academic excellence. There, in the context of an in-depth study of ancient Greek classical sculpture, I had the opportunity to get to know Skopas, a cosmopolitan Parian sculptor of the 4th century B.C., lesser known to the general public compared to the other great figures of his time, Praxiteles and Lysippus.
The bombing of Panagia Ekatontapyliani
Paros in world war II
As from April 1941 during the Second World War, and after the initial victories of the Greek army against the Italian troops on the Albanian front, Greece found itself under a triple military occupation: by Germany, Italy and Bulgaria.