1950’s, Greek Photo Book, Mount Athos, First Edition, Pechlivanidis, Greece

Description

Athos

Athos

Text by Georges Zographakis

 

Published by M. Pechlivanidis, Athens in the 1950’s

Original Soft Cover

14 Pages of text

80 Pages Pictures and explanations

2 Pages Content

There are various photographers involved: S. Meletzis, A. Economides, Megaloconomou, S. Loulakakis, L. Houmanidis

24cm x 18cm (approx. 9,5inch. x 7inch.)

First Edition

Lithographic Frontpage

 

Mount Athos (Greek: Ἄθως) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed as an autonomous region in Greece by the monastic community of Mount Athos, which is ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The remainder of the peninsula forms part of the Aristotelis municipality. Women are prohibited from entering the area governed by the monastic community by Greek law and by religious tradition.