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Photographer’s Note

The islet, faces the port and is situated on it an extraordinary and unique - in the whole Aegean monument - enormous door - "Portara" - which magnetizes the dekko of the visitor, filling him with questions.
In the 3rd millennium B.C. a settlement existed near the islet and is speculated that "Palaces" was the acropolis/citadel of Cycladic settlement. Today we see the foundations of "ekatompedou" ( 100 feet long) temple that began to be built in 530 B.C. by the tyrant of Naxos Ligdamis, but never was finished. The "Portara" is built from 4 marbles; each one has length more than 6 metres and weights 20 tonnes. For their placement were used a “winch” and scaffold. The threshold of Gate is higher than the floor of this temple, and this is met only in the temple of Didimaiou (twin) Apollo of Militos. The form of the temple is rectangular with figurations in both sides. The "Portara" "sees" to Delos, referring to god Apollo and is so synonymous with the temple in Delos island, the temple of Deleon Apollo.
In the 6th century B.C. the "Palaces" was a very good fortress near the city, and there are installed the Erythreans and the “Milisius" in one of their fights against Naxos. One noble woman from Naxos, Polikriti, who was captured, sent a message in her compatriots and thus she saved Naxos. In the 5th or 6th century B.C. was changed into a Christian Royal church. Many marbles were transported and built in the Castle the period of Latin Domination. The destruction was also continued at the Ottoman Domination.

herowono, Budapestman, raszid62, Dashab, cd70, ngk, s_lush, Longroute has marked this note useful

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herowono (484) 2009-11-03 0:33

Hey Vasilis,
Beautiful night shot. Wonderful view, interesting presentation, good composition and angle. Well done!
TFS
My best regards,
Ismojo

Budapestman (43292) 2009-11-03 0:39

Hi Vasilis,
a beautiful blue hour photo of this picturesque panorama, the composition is spectacular, the colours and lights are amazing. The rocks in the foreground are very nice, great shot. Have a nice day!
George
PS. Thank you for your kind words to my 800th post

raszid62 (3679) 2009-11-03 1:38

Hello
The colossal picture, splendid night colours of sky and the reflection on bank the lights. These lights look somewhat how flames. You seized the movement of waves perfectly.
Best Regards
Joseph

JT50 (1067) 2009-11-03 3:42

Hi Vasilis,
A fine presentation of
this night shot with a
lovely foreground showing
bright rocks. Good POV.
Regards.
Janak

rodgerg (25535) 2009-11-03 3:55

Hello Vasilis,

A superb blue hour with a good managment of light. The dored light arise very well in the blue of the night. Very good balalnce in the composition with very rytmh and dynamism in the BG. The FG give a greta depht to the image. Good photowork.
Have a nice day,
Roger

bema (9250) 2009-11-03 4:12

Geia sou Vsilis,

should really be sold a sa postcard..

perfect capture, indeed!

kalo apogeyma, Bernd

Dashab (1360) 2009-11-03 4:41

Hello Vasilis,
This is a wonderful night shot, the 30 s exposure works very well here, giving the water a smooth quality. Great composition with the rocks in the FG and lovely blue-hour colours. Have a nice day, Dasha

lousat (16448) 2009-11-03 5:13

Hi Vasilis,what a wonderful "blue hour" ! The choice of time of exposure was decisive forthis great result,i like a lot the silk effect of the water and the excellent sharpness,lights and colors.Not easy a perfection like that,you have a great class! Have a nice day and thansk,Luciano

coco (28318) 2009-11-03 6:13

Kalispera Vsilis.

Wonderful composition and very difficult exposure (look, some parts have strong light and they are overexposed).
Anyway, this one is a very interesting work.

Regards.

saxo042 (16576) 2009-11-03 8:04

Hi Vasilis,
Beautiful colours over this picture. A magnificient temple and the lights on hillside look like fire (?).
A very moody photo!
Kind regards
Gunnar

rikko77 (6748) 2009-11-03 12:32

Hi Vasilis
a lovely blue hour with a great light management. The high lights are perfect here, you did a great job!
Have a nice evening
Rikk

cd70 (777) 2009-11-03 12:40

Hello Vasilis,
Voilà une vision nocturne excellente ! Les couleurs sont superbes dans ce cadrage idéal. Cette opposition de bleu saturé et les points lumineux jaunes est splendide. Bravo !

ciakgiak (11602) 2009-11-03 15:03

Ciao Vasilis,
splendid nocturnal shot, what a superb image with a great management of the exposure.
I like a lot the colours in this suggestive hour.
Congratulations and TFS.
Best regards.
Giorgio

delpeoples (7008) 2009-11-04 0:39

Geia sou Vasilis, another wonderful Blue Hour shot from you, the panoramic style of it is excellent. I like the misty effect of the long exposure on the water and rocks in the FG and the star-pointed lights in the BG are a beautiful bonus. I also like the vestiges of a sunset at the left-hand BG. Wonderful shot, TFS, Lisa.

ngk (1194) 2009-11-04 6:01

Bravo Vasili,
entiposiaki fotografia, yperoxa xromata!!
sygxaritiria
se xaireto
nasos k.

s_lush (2746) 2009-11-04 12:33

Hello Vasilis,
Beautiful night shot! The Portara looks very expressively on this islet. Very well captured, with so good composition, in particular excellent foreground. Great job!
Best regards,
Sergiy

Longroute (10113) 2009-11-09 5:17

Ah, The Portare by night I had never seen it!
It's a charming blue hour photo, so perfect for the composition, the colours and obviously the most interesting subject. I like also the rocks in the fg.
An excellent work, well done,
Donato