Uğur Zekeriya Peçe
@ugurpece.bsky.social
Historian @LehighU | author of Island & Empire | previously @BardCollege & @Harvard | PhD @Stanford | BA Economics @UniBogazici | https://www.sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/island-and-empire
And I'm pretty sure there're examples with different designs & placements but I don't remember seeing this phrase in a split way, placed on the right & left side of the mihrab. This I realized when I saw again today this one in Hania, Crete. Look right above the two Stars of David.
November 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
And I'm pretty sure there're examples with different designs & placements but I don't remember seeing this phrase in a split way, placed on the right & left side of the mihrab. This I realized when I saw again today this one in Hania, Crete. Look right above the two Stars of David.
The Italian historian Giuseppe Gerola took a picture of Spinalonga in 1901. So much has happened after 1901. I photographed the islet from the same spot.
November 24, 2024 at 7:57 PM
The Italian historian Giuseppe Gerola took a picture of Spinalonga in 1901. So much has happened after 1901. I photographed the islet from the same spot.
The emergency boat quickly arrived from the village of Plaka, taking us back to the "main-island." On the short boat ride we talked about history & the Greek TV show, Το Νησί (The Island), about the lepers of Spinalonga.
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
The emergency boat quickly arrived from the village of Plaka, taking us back to the "main-island." On the short boat ride we talked about history & the Greek TV show, Το Νησί (The Island), about the lepers of Spinalonga.
I was the only remaining visitor. She was making sure no one would be locked up in Spinalonga. We were rushing but apparently there was still time for a quick photo--there is always time for a photo! She took one right at the town entrance.
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
I was the only remaining visitor. She was making sure no one would be locked up in Spinalonga. We were rushing but apparently there was still time for a quick photo--there is always time for a photo! She took one right at the town entrance.
When I arrived in Spinalonga, the weather was pleasant, the sea was calm. As I reached the top, dark clouds had already enveloped the sky. I was walking down back to the landing when I heard the caretaker of Spinalonga calling out, anxious because of the approaching storm.
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
When I arrived in Spinalonga, the weather was pleasant, the sea was calm. As I reached the top, dark clouds had already enveloped the sky. I was walking down back to the landing when I heard the caretaker of Spinalonga calling out, anxious because of the approaching storm.
The inhabitants of Spinalonga were evicted in 1904 as the government of Crete turned this Venetian fortress-islet into a leper colony, which remained open until the 1950s....Today I tasted a bitter olive from the tree next to a half-ruined house. There's no one to harvest it.
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
The inhabitants of Spinalonga were evicted in 1904 as the government of Crete turned this Venetian fortress-islet into a leper colony, which remained open until the 1950s....Today I tasted a bitter olive from the tree next to a half-ruined house. There's no one to harvest it.
Thank you everyone at the Institute for making this talk possible in such a special place.
November 21, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Thank you everyone at the Institute for making this talk possible in such a special place.