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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-08-18
CONTENTS
[01] Tsipras, Yildirim discuss refugees, energy, future meetings in
phone call
[02] Tower of the Winds opens to public for the first time after
restoration
[01] Tsipras, Yildirim discuss refugees, energy, future meetings in
phone call
Future bilateral meetings and cooperation on the refugee issue,
transport and energy were discussed in a phone call between Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras and his Turkish counterpart, Binali Yildirim,
initiated by the latter.
According to a press release by the prime minister's office, the two
leaders also discussed issues of judicial cooperation.
[02] Tower of the Winds opens to public for the first time after
restoration
The 2,000-year-old Tower of the Winds, a landmark standing inside the
Roman agora in the old Athens neigbourhood of Plaka, is now open for
visitors after undergoing major restoration, the Culture ministry said
in a press release.
The tower, built around 50 B.C. by Greek astronomer Andronikos of Cyrrhus,
is 12 meters in height and 7.9 meters in diameter, has an octagonal
shape and served as a timepiece. It was made of white Pentelic marble,
the same used to build the Parthenon. In antiquity, it was also topped
by a weathervane depicting Triton who indicated the wind direction.
Each of the tower's sides faces a point of the compass and is decorated by
friezes depicting the eight wind deities: Boreas (N), Kaikias (NE), Eurus
(E), Apeliotes (SE), Notus (S), Lips (SW), Zephyrus (W), and Skiron (NW).
Restoration started on the outside walls of the marble structure in 2014,
but the interior had been closed for the better part of Greece's modern
history, the ministry said. The conservation project was supported by
EU funds.
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