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Dry stone structures have been a tool for the control and humanization of space since prehistory.... more Dry stone structures have been a tool for the control and humanization of space since prehistory. The stone was used as well as fire to shape and utilize the natural environment of humans. The space that has been shaped by dry stone constructions becomes a place where the special relations between the societies and their natural environment develop, where the people intervene and create micro-environments and microclimates. These relationships acquire meaning within a "culture", or many "cultures", when more than one community coexists in the space. These cultural peculiarities and locations are also due to the fact that the names and technical terms that refer to the various uses of dry stone (dry stone: pietra secco) differ from place to place.

Astypalaia and Syrna islands field research in 2001 by the Universdity of the Aegean team. Styudi... more Astypalaia and Syrna islands field research in 2001 by the Universdity of the Aegean team.
Styudies of Aegean sea islands and islets

Field research on the island of Christiana (Santorin) where a multitude of surface findings sugge... more Field research on the island of Christiana (Santorin) where a multitude of surface findings suggest a long historic and prehistoric human presence. The Island is a private property.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dec 16, 2018

Graffiti of Arhens street of the years 2010-19

Carlovasi (Samos) Meeting October 2004

Dans la seconde moitié du 19ème siècle, le phylloxéra a détruit la production viticole de la Fran... more Dans la seconde moitié du 19ème siècle, le phylloxéra a détruit la production viticole de la France et de l'Italie au profit des vins de nombreuses îles grecques. Dans les textes officiels de la Principauté autonome de Samos nous constatons que les services agricoles de l'île, supervisés par Aristote Mandafounis, et ceux du commerce de Samos, prévoyant le danger imminent de propagation de l'épidémie à la Méditerranée orientale, ont tenté d'ajuster la politique de production et d'exportation de l'île, en pleine connaissance des lois de l'économie et de la rigidité sociale et des mentalités des vignerons Samiotes.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jun 29, 2022

An analysis of the place names of the coastal area of Crimea (Tauris) has been found in the descr... more An analysis of the place names of the coastal area of Crimea (Tauris) has been found in the description of Pallas (1795), along with the study of two or three historic «monuments» of the written and oral linguistic tradition of the Crimean Greeks, make it possible to establish a small vocabulary. This historic glossary provides several direct and indirect informations on the cultural heritage of the Greek speaking communities of Mariupol who live along with the Tatar-speaking Urums who have an ethnic Greek identity. An Urum-Ukrainian dictionary established by Alexander Garkavets has been appended herewith Le parler Grec (Rouméika) contemporain de la région de Mariupol (Azov, Ukraine) est la forme moderne de la langue parlée par les Hellénophones Roumeoi de la péninsule de Crimée. L'analyse des noms de lieu de la zone côtière de Crimée, que nous trouvons dans la description de Pallas (1795), complétée par l'étude de deux ou trois «monuments» de l'histoire linguistique de ...

The Municipality of Soligeia, in which the specific syrvey took place, includes the former commun... more The Municipality of Soligeia, in which the specific syrvey took place, includes the former communities of Sofiko, Korfos and Angelokastro. The seat of the Municipality is Sofiko, 30 km SE of Corinth. Ancient Solygia is the area where one of the fiercest battles of the Peloponnesian War took place in 425 BCE. The Sofiko Castle rests at the top of Mount Tzalikas, the highest peak of the Soligeia peninsula, which towers over the community of Sofikos. Almost the entire top is surrounded by a dry stone wall. In the central axis of the dry stone construction there are ruins of a perfectly square watching tower and two temples, one of which has obviously been founded on a stone structure of older construction.

Contents Rackham, O., Vernicos, N. 2019, Chalki in the Dodecanese, pp. 6-31. (In Englis... more Contents Rackham, O., Vernicos, N. 2019, Chalki in the Dodecanese, pp. 6-31. (In English) Mastoraki, A. 2019, The Epistemology of Descartes and the Opposite Bank: Locke and Hume, pp. 32-38. (In Greek) Kalogeropoulos, K. 2019, The Piraeus Painter, pp. 39-45. (In Greek) Mafredas, Th. 2019, Cynocephalus Saint Christopher, pp. 46-60. (In Greek) Psyllidis, A. 2019, Digital Technology: Redefining the Boundaries and the Public-Private Dipole, pp. 61-65. (In Greek)

In May 1802, then-Secretary of State Charles Maurice Talleyrand submitted to Bonaparte the first ... more In May 1802, then-Secretary of State Charles Maurice Talleyrand submitted to Bonaparte the first high-ranking official of the French Republic, a memorandum accounting for what had happened in the Ionian State (République Septinsulaire) after the departure of the French Democrats, in the period 1799-1802. The minister's interest is focused on the events of 1801, a time when an elected popular assembly, in Corfu, tried to overthrow the so-called "Byzantine" constitution of 1800. That constitution was in place in the Treaty of Constantinople of March 21, 1800, which established the "Ionian State" in the context of an international order.

Information is a mathematical concept introduced in 1949 by C. E. Shannon in the mathematical the... more Information is a mathematical concept introduced in 1949 by C. E. Shannon in the mathematical theory of communication (Shannon and Weaver 1964). It is linked to a quantity measure of entropy — seen as both disorder and irreversibility — and to markovian processes (Nicolis and Prigogine, 1989) that could be interpreted as reflections of past experience. Information in binary digit units (bits, octets, etc.) is also what we feed our computers with. The term is therefore technical and is a metaphor from everyday language into probabilities and combinatorial analysis.There are however more than mere analogies between this sort of information, subject to abstract logic, and the "mundane" (humanistic) one consisting in providing knowledge of something to someone, in making sense, in giving instructions, in transmitting factual data or simply in telling or writing down. In practice, mathematical information is an element of knowledge we code for preservation, processing or commun...

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dec 16, 2018

Graffiti of Arhens street of the years 2010-19

Carlovasi (Samos) Meeting October 2004

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jun 29, 2022

A selection of coins of the Hellenistic Kingdoms of Bactria and Central Asia, presented in two co... more A selection of coins of the Hellenistic Kingdoms of Bactria and Central Asia, presented in two conferences in Athens.The texts are in Greek and English and use images from various sites up to 2011. Along with a couple of coins from Ethiopia, it clearly appears that for several centuries the Greek language and monetary system was used for international trade in Eurasia, Africa and the Indian Ocean.

Paper presented to the International Conference on the Environmental Management and Appropriate U... more Paper presented to the International Conference on the Environmental
Management and Appropriate Use of Enclosed Coastal Seas
Kobe August 3-6, 1990

Texte issu des discussions du Colloque « Les îles en sociétés ; fonctions sociales, dimensions su... more Texte issu des discussions du Colloque « Les îles en sociétés ; fonctions sociales, dimensions subjectives, et intégration au système monde », Séminaire de l'URA 904 du CNRS, Faculté Victor Segalen de l'Université de Brest, Brest 3-5 Avril 1996 (sous la direction de Françoise Péron). 1 En Août 2006 une version anglaise revue et augmenté fut présenté conjointement avec la Prof. Sophia Dascalopoulos. A. Unification de l'espace insulaire 1. Les îles ne sont pas toujours, et surtout n'ont pas été, des entités unifiées sur le plan de leur espace terrestre. Aussi il fallait souvent accéder à une partie de l'île par bateau. Ce fut le cas de Lesvos, de Carpathos dans le Dodécanèse, de l'île de Re et, bien entendu, de plusieurs îles hautes dans le Pacifique et l'Océan Indien. Dès lors, voyager à l'intérieur de l'île ou voyager en dehors de l'île pouvait prendre autant de temps et autant d'efforts, mais la possibilité de joindre les différentes parties d'une même île par voie maritime, aidait parfois les transports de matériaux lourds. Cet état de choses, soutenu par un entrelacs de groupes sociaux endogames établis en différentes localités, s'observe dans les archipels et le long des routes maritimes qui constituent des parcours reliant les îles entres elles et avec les grandes terres proches. Placé au niveau de l'individu et de ses relations avec l'espace, les déplacements à l'intérieur de l'île se mesuraient en temps d'absence du foyer. Il y avait des voyages qui duraient une journée, encore fallait-il savoir que représentait la «journée» en terme de lumière du jour, des voyages où l'on découchait pendant une nuit; des voyages plus long occasionnés par des travaux agricoles, de cueillettes, ou des collectes. Dans ces derniers cas il fallait avoir des gîtes saisonniers, des cabanes pouvant servir d'entrepôt et un approvisionnement en eau potable, en nourriture et en combustibles. Fait important c'est souvent de cette manière saisonnière ou périodique qu'étaient exploités les ressources des ilots satellites des différentes îles, de l'Egée aux îles Atlantiques et Océanes. PAGE 13 1 Voir e.g. Péron Françoise ; «Fonctions sociales et dimensions subjectives des espaces insulaires (à partir de l'exemple des îles du Ponant)», Annales de Géographie, 2005/4 (n° 644), pp. 422-436.

Islands are integrated in global sea networks, and are subject to various ecological myths and id... more Islands are integrated in global sea networks, and are subject to various ecological myths and ideologies. These ideologies are part of contemporary tourist and real estate marketing.
The paper resumes discussions during the international symposium about « The Islands within the society: Social functions, subjective dimensions and integration into the system World » Brest, April, 3-4 1996, organised in Brest (Fr) by URA 904-CNRS and the Faculty Victor Segalen of the University of Brest on April 3-4, 1996.

A French version of some parts of this paper were presented by Prof. Nicolas Vernicos in 1996.

Frédéric GUILLAUME de VAUDON-COURT RAPPORT DE MISSION en Erzégovine, Albanie et Épire 1806-1807 ... more Frédéric GUILLAUME de VAUDON-COURT
RAPPORT DE MISSION
en Erzégovine, Albanie et Épire 1806-1807

Par le Colonel d’artillerie Fr. GUILLAUME
suivi de lettres et correspondances
et d’extraits des Mémoires du Maréchal
Marmont Duc de Raguse

Le rapport de la mission que le Vice Roi d’Italie avait chargé Vaudoncourt, pour aider Ali Pacha contre les Russes des Iles Ioniennes, fut compléter et signé à Milan le 13 Décembre 1807, lors de son retour après le traité de paix de Tilsit.
Les observations rapportées d’Albanie par Guillaume de Vaudoncourt, qui contiennent de très intéressantes indications sur les vues d’Ali Pacha sur les îles Ioniennes, sont restées inédites en français, mais ont été publiées seulement en anglais à Londres en 1816, époque de l’occupation des Iles Ioniennes par l’Angleterre.

Unpblished French manuscript, 2020

Par le Colonel d’artillerie Fr. GUILLAUME
suivi de lettres et correspondances
et d’extraits des Mémoires du Maréchal
Marmont Duc de Raguse

Θεόδωρος Κατωπόδης του ποτέ Πέτρου, Νοτάριος δημόσιος Λευκάδος, 2019

Notarial Book of public notary Katopodis of the town of Karya in the island of Lefkada 1827-1829.... more Notarial Book of public notary Katopodis of the town of Karya in the island of Lefkada 1827-1829.
The town of Karya has an archive fund of notarial books that has not been studied. We publish hereby an entire book, along with extracts of contracts from two other notarial archives, dating 1827-1829 years during which the island was under British rule.
Indexes of names, place names and numbers of the various houses of the villages of the island's hinterland are appended.

Talleyrand reporting the internal political situation in the island of Corfou, Ionian Islands in ... more Talleyrand reporting the internal political situation in the island of Corfou, Ionian Islands in 1802, following the creation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under Russian and Ottoman protectorate.

The document is part of a series of publications of French archival documents on the Ionian Islands following the fall of the Republic of Venice

14 original letters of Elisabeth Epstein to her son (1930) with a biography of El. Epstein and va... more 14 original letters of Elisabeth Epstein to her son (1930) with a biography of El. Epstein and various notes of her historical background.
Several painting are joined to the pictures of the original letters found in the Plainpalais market of Geneva in 2000.

reseach document, 2019

Les 34 documents qui suivent, datant du 13 septembre 1797 au 3 août 1798 retracent la stratégie d... more Les 34 documents qui suivent, datant du 13 septembre 1797 au 3 août 1798 retracent la stratégie de Napoléon pour ce qui concerne Corfou et les régions avoisinantes lors de l'expédition en Egypte. Nous les avons choisis dans les oeuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte (1821), dont les textes ont été mis en ligne en 2004.

07-An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Hubei (capital Wuhan), and its prefectures, w... more 07-An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Hubei (capital Wuhan), and its prefectures, with details and images taken from various on-line web sites, in an effort to advance understanding of urbanization in China and the urban space planning and setting in the 2020s. (by Prof. Emeritus Nicolas Vernicos).

An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Henan (capital Zhengzhou), and its prefectures, ... more An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Henan (capital Zhengzhou), and its prefectures, with details and images taken from various on-line web sites, in an effort to advance understanding of urbanization in China and the urban space planning. (by Prof. Emeritus Nicolas Vernicos).

05-An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Shanxhi (capital Taiyuan), and its prefecture... more 05-An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Shanxhi (capital Taiyuan), and its prefectures, with details and images taken from various on-line web sites, in an effort to advance understanding of urbanization in China. (by Prof. Emeritus Nicolas Vernicos).
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04-An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Shaanxi (Xi’an, and its prefectures, with det... more 04-An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Shaanxi (Xi’an, and its prefectures, with details and images taken from various on-line web sites, in an effort to advance understanding of urbanization. (by Prof. Emeritus Nicolas Vernicos).
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An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Sichuan (Chengdu), and its prefectures, with det... more An illustrated reader of the Chinese province of Sichuan (Chengdu), and its prefectures, with details and images taken from various on-line web sites. Importance of urbanization. (by Prof. Emeritus Nicolas Vernicos).

Gansu and Quingai provinces 2020

02-An illustrated reader of the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Quingai, and their prefectures, wi... more 02-An illustrated reader of the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Quingai, and their prefectures, with details and images taken from various on-line web sites. (by Prof. Emeritus Nicolas Vernicos).

01-An illustrated reader of the Chinese provinces of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, and their prefe... more 01-An illustrated reader of the Chinese provinces of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, and their prefectures and minorities, with details and images taken from various on-line web sites. (by Prof. Emeritus Nicolas Vernicos).