THE CYCLADIC ARCHITECTURE Unique aesthetics. Plasticity. Simplicity. Moderation. Urban planning “by instinct” (without a plan). Folk architecture that serves the human needs, while at the same time producing masterpieces, internationally recognized by Le Corbusier himself who visited Cyclades in 1939 and by other representatives of modernist architecture. The settlements of the Cyclades, built with the…

The hostile intentions of invaders, mainly pirates, led many islanders to fortify their settlements. The outer houses of those settlements were built very close to one another forming a wall with only a few openings to the inner castle. The streets between the village houses, which are 1 to 2.5m wide, follow the outline of…

The findings of the excavations organised from time to time in Amorgos proved that it was one of the major centres of the Cycladic civilization of the 3rd millennium BC. The existence of fortified citadels, cemeteries and various figurines found, testify the cultural development of the island. Its geographical position made ​​it important on the…