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Ioannina


Ioannina
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Copyright: Ruud Blok (ruudblok) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1962 W: 768 N: 2221] (22339)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-29
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Canon 30D, Canon EF-S17-85 f/4-5.6 IS USM
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): wonderful beautiful world [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-09-12 4:12
Viewed: 1158
Favorites: 3 [view]
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Yesterday I started a series of photos from Greece. I will try not to show the usual Greece vacation photos but more the history and landscape of a prart of Greece that was recently ruled by Ali Pashë a Turk.
Ali Pashë Tepelena in Albanian, Tepedelenli Ali Paşa in Turkish, commonly known as Ali Pasha, (1741 – January 24, 1822) was the military ruler (pasha) of a large area of the Ottoman Empire's European territories. Known as the Lion of Janina (after his capital in the Greek town of Ioannina), he achieved a notorious reputation as a cruel and bloodthirsty tyrant.
In 1789 the city became the centre of the territory ruled by Ali Pasha, an area that included the entire northwestern Greece, Thessaly and a part of Evia and Peloponnese. Ali Pasha, one of the most influential personalities of the 18th century was of Albanian origin. He maintained diplomatic relations with the most important European leaders and his court became a point of attraction for many of those restless minds who were to evolve into major figures of the Greek Revolution Georgios Karaiskakis, Odysseas Androutsos, Markos Botsaris and others). The period of his rule coincides with the greatest ever economic and intellectual era of the city. As a couplet has it "The city was first in arms, money and letters". The efforts of Ali Pasha to break away from the Sublime Porte were very alarming. In 1821 (the year the Greek War of Independence began) he was declared guilty of treason and Ioannina were besieged by Turkish troops. Two years later Ali Pasha was assassinated in the chapel on the island of the lake, where he took refuge while waiting to be pardoned by the Sultan.
In 1869, a great part of Ioannina was destroyed by fire. Nonetheless, the marketplace was soon reconstructed according to the plans of the German architect Holz and thanks to the personal interest of Ahmet Rashim Pasha, the local governor. The communities of people from Ioannina living abroad were active in financing the construction of most of the city's churches (the Cathedral, St. Nicholas of the Agora, St. Marina, Archimandrio etc.), schools and other elegant buildings of charitable establishments.
In 21 February 1913, Ioannina was liberated and incorporated into the Greek state. After the Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922) and the subsequent population exchange, the Turkish element left, and the city received Greek refugees from Asia Minor. In 1943 the Nazis deported the Jewish community of the city and most of its members were murdered.
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  • drymd29 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1447 W: 248 N: 654] (7621)
  • [2006-09-12 4:24]

Magic Realism, like the Dutch painter Willink. Moody atmosphere; clean and with a special kind of peace to be afraid of.
Huub

Bonjour,
Belle composition bien équilibrée. Ce lieu semble bien favorable à la méditation.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3557 W: 737 N: 2396] (19036)
  • [2006-09-12 4:31]

Hi Ruud,

Wonderful photo. Great atmosphere; very peaceful and inviting place.
Glad to see your beautiful works, again.


v

Hi Ruud, what an interesting note!
i love what you have done with the light here.HUUb is right about the Willink realism.
a place full of magic, indeed.

Sabina

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3266 W: 267 N: 7733] (32978)
  • [2006-09-12 6:22]

Hi Ruud,
your photo here is so sharp, so well presented. The colours look natural, the lighting is too. And the history of the place is very interesting, TFS
Janice

Hoi Ruud,
Super mooie foto. De kleuren en het detail zijn gewoon perfect. Jammer dat het zo'n bewolkte dag was want een mooie blauwe lucht zou erg mooi staan. Maar met dit licht heb je wel erg mooie zachte schaduwen. De helderheid en de compositie zijn perfect.
Groeten,
Niek

Very interresting story and amazing photo.
Well presented. love the colors and the lighting. Very soft.
TFS.
Pierre

Very beautiful composition and clarity. Most excellent sharpness of details. Very serene and soothing :)
TFS,
Hager

Excellent notes on a very interesting place! I love old places like this! Nice shot!
B-)
Linda

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3308 W: 788 N: 4423] (19904)
  • [2006-09-12 10:24]

Hi Ruud,
I learn very interesting part of history of Greece with you. And I see a new image of this beautiful country. This one is very clear and well composed. Thank you for sharing! Annie

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4232 W: 414 N: 6672] (42147)
  • [2006-09-12 11:09]

Hi Ruud

I'm back from Japan! I like the symmetry between the tree & building. Good sharpness. Tfs!

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  • SRB Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 106 W: 0 N: 51] (803)
  • [2006-09-12 13:03]

Jaaaaaa daar zijn de vakantie foto's! Mooie plaat! zo te zien doet je nieuwe camera het goed, al is het niet de camera die de foto maakt....maar het kan wel helpen!

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5696 W: 197 N: 2452] (9677)
  • [2006-09-12 13:43]

Hello Ruud,

Visual, wonderful beautiful shot, as always they are beautiful their works.Charming atmosphere, the place is fantastic. Architecture and nature mold this cenario.perfeita composition very well! Congratulations

Sérgio

Hi Ruud,

Fantastic photo!!! It looks like a painting, so vivid, so alive!!!
Razor sharp details and rich colours!! The heavy sky really adds to the composition and makes it look very moody. Nice POV and lighting!
Very well done and Thanks for the informative notes!

Constantinos

Hi Ruud,
Exellent shot.Very good architecture wiev.Very well composed.
Greetings.

hAyAti

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  • Enric Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 595 W: 55 N: 526] (5870)
  • [2006-09-12 17:35]

Nice composition and amazing sharpness. Congratulations,

Enric.

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  • sedat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 63 W: 94 N: 7] (784)
  • [2006-09-13 3:43]

hi ruud,
good photo.
tfs.

Very strong and moody image, excellent POV and DOF. The low level composition, is impressive and contributes to the dynamism of the image. Very informative note!
Vassilis

P.S. Smilies later!

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  • Suerte Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 64 N: 226] (3144)
  • [2006-09-13 11:20]

wonderful compo!great work!
tfs

Excellent object placement with great balance and colors. Very well done!
Taso

Hi Ruud

Indeed one of the most beautiful photos about Ioannina in this site! Great sharpness, excellent low POV and fine sky! Very useful and informative note. Well done.

Hello Ruud,

Beautiful scene captured with a lovely threatening sky to help in your composition,. The image is crytal clear.

Great note as usual.
Bravo!
Robert

Hi Ruud,
Excellent composition!!!
Amazing photo!!!
...and especially because it shows my hometown!

Well done.
Aimilios

Hi Ruud,

Thanks a lot for all these informations. My curiosity pushed me to see Wikipedia for more and more information ...

About the pic, it's perfect. But, what is this building ? A mosquee ?

That's a good photo, nice job..
But I think you had to indicate your references for your note, these are not your sentences, right? So always if you give a historical information, note; you should show the references so that we can go further to learn about it.
Thank you...

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