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09-Aug-2021

Museum of marble crafts at Pyrgos, Tinos.

The Museum of marble crafts at Pyrgos is housed in modern, fully equipped facilities, harmonized with the typical Tinian landscape, which include a multipurpose room. The Museum presents the technology of marble, a material that holds a special place in the architecture and art of Greece from antiquity to the present day, while at the same time the grid of tool equipment and techniques is described in detail. The permanent exhibition includes a variety of secular, ecclesiastical, tomb and everyday use original works in marble (lintels, fountains, coats of arms, burials, shrines, mortars, etc.), clay molds and plaster copies, quarrying tools and marble, archival material, as well as the richest collection of designs of old marble sculptures that exists in Greece. At the same time, the audiovisual material of the exhibition directly brings to life the traditional working methods of the quarry and the marble artist, while the images of the journey record the strong presence of marble throughout the island and encourage visitors to their own tours. Finally, the exhibition extends to the open-air spaces of the museum. In the square in front of the entrance, there is a lifting machine of marbles (biga) and a wagon for transporting volumes.(wikipedia)


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victorswan05-Sep-2021 15:54
Wow Nice to see how the marble is treated in a gentle way not with those mastodons of machines, nicely portrayed BV
Zoltán Balogh03-Sep-2021 07:12
Excellent image, great compo! V
Nestor Derkach01-Sep-2021 15:56
Nice composition and a most interesting manual lifting tool.
Nice sharp image.
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globalgadabout30-Aug-2021 17:23
a clever bit of machinery...those large blocks of marble must be very heavy..
Philip P30-Aug-2021 09:49
A great geometric capture, with pleasing color combinations!
Bill Miller29-Aug-2021 22:10
This is very interesting
Neil Marcus29-Aug-2021 18:06
An impressive hoist. "V Thank you for the commentary.
Walter Otto Koenig29-Aug-2021 17:44
Interesting mechanism. I like the details and clarity. "V"
Raymond29-Aug-2021 17:15
Wow, interesting machine, very ingenious
joseantonio29-Aug-2021 16:55
interesting capture and information.V.
Helen Betts29-Aug-2021 16:36
Very interesting piece of equipment in this well composed capture. V.
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