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Author: Athanasios Vlitas

Athanasios Vlitas is from the historic city of Sparta in Greece and currently lives and works in Izmir, Turkey. He?s a highly motivated professional who has traveled to many cities for academics like Dublin, London, Stockholm and now Izmir. He also has a varied academic background in Philosophy, History, Law and Heritage. He is interested in European history and is also researching on it. He also likes to volunteer for cultural institutions and NGOs, like teaching Modern Greek to Refugees. He has a humanist approach and his life goal is to be an ?interpreter? between the native people and the ?newcomers?, namely the refugees and the immigrants.
Built Heritage, Conservation, Heritage, Memorial, Religious

The restoration of Greek orthodox church in Izmir

Posted onMay 22, 2017May 18, 2017

Few know that in Izmir exists an Orthodox church that was rescued from Turkish atrocities during the Asia Minor Catastrophe, when the city of Smyrna …

#makeheritagefun, Asia, Blog, Built Heritage, Europe, Heritage, Photo Stories, Public Spaces, Student Program, Travel, Urban

Buildings of Seferihisar: A Photo Walk

Posted onFebruary 20, 2017March 4, 2017

The theme of this Photo Walk is the life ?through buildings- of a village under the ?shadow? of a major city, like Izmir. This is …

Heritage Quiz, Religious, World Heritage Sites

Solve this quiz on the rich cultural heritage of India

Posted onJanuary 19, 2017January 19, 2017

India has had a rather colourful past and has been witness to many interesting events. The stories we hear about India are fascinating, and the …

Heritage, Opinion, Underwater

Museums and social media: The case of Antikythera shipwreck

Posted onDecember 16, 2016May 22, 2018

This study focuses on the Shipwreck of Antikythera and especially on its fame through social media. Just like all the other cultural organizations and museums, …

Conservation, Heritage, Opinion

Heritage Protection and Local Communities in a Period of Financial Crisis

Posted onDecember 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Abstract The current article is reviewing the protection of cultural heritage. Focus is given on local communities and the period after the financial crisis. Firstly, …

Heritage, Opinion

Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Development

Posted onDecember 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Abstract The article examines the matter of cultural tourism and sustainable development. Culture is a set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of …

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