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Kapon Editions, 2021. Paperback. New. 176 pages. 9.45x8.46x0.59 inches.
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- Title Dovecotes Tinos (English Language Editpb: A 1955 stroll amongst the creations of the stonemason's craft
- Author Manuel Baud-Bovy
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Kapon Editions
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9786185209810 / 6185209810
- Library of Congress subjects Dovecotes - Greece - Taenos (Municipality), Architecture, Domestic - Greece - Taenos
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2021447755
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New. n 1955, a young student of the Geneva School of Architecture, Manuel Baud-Bovy, visited Tinos (an island in the Greek Cyclades archipelago) for the first time, staying in a cottage on the sandy beach of Kiona. While exploring the island, Manuel came across some unusual buildings, some 800 dovecotes scattered across the island. With growing surprise and enthusiasm, in each of his excursions he discovered lonely dovecotes on sandy beaches, others nestling into the slopes and others dominating the heights, each surpassing the last in beauty and dignity. Manuel Baud-Bovy, deeply impressed, thought of compiling a systematic list of the dovecotes. He walked all over the island, sometimes sleeping in a village, sometimes under the stars or on a threshing floor, in a chapel, or even in an abandoned dovecote. He discovered about eight hundred of them, which he recorded in four large albums with detailed plans, theories and thoughts, which he submitted to the Geneva School of Architecture for his…
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Athens, 2021. In English. Soft cover, 21x24 cm, 176 pp., ill.; net weight 800 gr. ISBN: 978-618-5209-81-0.Ιn 1955, a young student of the Geneva School of Architecture, Manuel Baud-Bovy, visited Tinos for the first time, staying in a cottage on the sandy beach of Kiona. While exploring the island, Manuel came across some unusual buildings that he had never heard of before. With growing surprise and enthusiasm, in each of his excursions he discovered lonely dovecotes on sandy beaches, others nestling into the slopes and others dominating the heights, each surpassing the last in beauty and dignity. Thanks to his father, Samuel, an ethnomusicologist, Manuel had developed an interest in the study of folk culture. Moreover, his famous grandfather, Daniel, had published studies and books on traditional Swiss architecture … Manuel Baud-Bovy, deeply impressed, thought of compiling a systematic list of the dovecotes. He walked all over the island and sometimes slept in a village, sometimes under the stars…
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