Tenos in march
Green roof tops and cozy wood stove within! The scenery in March at the rental house in Loutra...
15 March, 2023
landscape of Tinos
Photographs of daily life in Tenos island by Daniel Boissonnas Frédéric
Photographs of daily life in Tenos island by Daniel Boissonnas Frédéric shot in the beginning of the 20th century...
11 August, 2022
A very old wooden lock
Vernacular ingenuity!! All and all the parts of the woodenlock are five: the main body, two moving parts within the lock, the part that locks (the latch) and the key...
09 July, 2022
White winter landscape!
Snow, a lot, in Tenos. Whitewashed houses and landscape!! Quite a different experience than summer…...
31 January, 2022
How would you like to learn how to sketch the traditional buildings of Tenos?
Arch_ISLaND workshops offers a fascinating tour of the traditional architecture on the Aegean island of Tinos led by a professional architect...
29 July, 2021
Hyperthyron, an interesting remnant of the Cycladic vernacular architecture
Hyperthyron (υπέρθυρον) is a traditional vernacular characteristic of the Tinian stone house with three basic purposes: 1. Due to it's openings it sheds light and allows air into the interior of the house. Worth mentioning fact is that in the past the Tinians were into sericulture...
25 July, 2018
Tinos: A place formed by myths
Photographer Peter Koumplis reveals the unseen power of Tinos island through his collection of photographs "Anama". ανάμα [ana:ma] greek ~ nn ~ spring water ~ streams of tears / wisdom ~ communion wine The landscape of Tinos retains its simplicity, its timeless memory of an early consciousness....
28 November, 2016