Our story ‘Apano Meria’ SCE was established in 2015 through an open assembly of citizens of Syros, which recognised the need to prevent overdevelopment by encouraging low impact economic activities, especially inside the areas of the island protected through the Natura 2000 framework. It was officially founded in 2017, with the aim of promoting, protecting […]
Syros’ flora
Problems with Beekeeping in the Cyclades and their Treatment
Problems with beekeeping in the Cyclades and their treatment. A study of Pachalis Charizanis, prof. of the Agricultural University of Athens and his collaborators, Papas Evangelos and Antonopoulos Athanasios, for the location and treatment of beekeeping problems seen in the islands of the Cyclades.
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TRACES – The Stone Chronicle of the Island of Syros
by Teos Romvos I was born and raised in the big city. I had spent the greater part of my life leading an estranged, alienated, incoherent existence in various European cities. In the summer I would head south to the Aegean islands. My inmost longing was to live permanently on an island. To savour this […]
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Step-by-step for the development of geo-tourism
Greek and foreign scholars in Syros in October to talk about the geological value of Apano Meria. At a systematic pace, actions and efforts are being promoted to help achieve the great goal of creating a Geopark in Syros with the aim of integrating it into the Geoparks of UNESCO, with human resources rallying around […]
The Singing Walls
Documentary – A wander through the housing culture of Ano Syros Greece The Fortress – settlement of Upper Syros, build in the Middle Ages up on a hill, is unique in the Greek state. The fascinating medieval atmosphere keeps till our days, with the small houses build side by side, the convents of the Jesuits […]
Insect pests in crops
Syros: A trip to space-time
by Dimitris Kostopoulos, Professor of Petrology, University of Athens The beginning Approximately 170 years ago, in 1845, the German geologist Hausman discovered in Syros a mineral with a striking blue color that he called glaucophanis (from the glauca + phanis: it looks like blue). Since then, the cracked stones of the island, containing glaucophanis, have […]
The geopark of Syros – the vision as it is realized
Two years ago, we gathered for the first time in an open assembly a few dozen citizens, inhabitants of Syros, to discuss the problems of our island. Through this first meeting, the idea sprang up that, in order not to destroy the island from an endless development that has no limits, a way of mild […]
Human Activity
Human interference in Apano Meria (Upper Place) is both a thoughtful and necessary intervention. For many years, many generations, the workers of that land, hunched over the soil, tracking its moisture and other properties, examining the flora and fauna, listening to the wind and observing its every twist, calculating the sun’s trajectory through the sky, […]