Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Photo gallery Technart Conference 2009

Silvie Švarcová gave a lecture on the origin of copper pigments in murals at the Technart Conference held in Athens in April 2009. Her conference paper Microanalytical evidence of origin and degradation of copper pigments found in Bohemian Gothic murals has been chosen to a special issue of an international impacted journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 395 (2009) 2037-2050).

I am the guard (ubiquitous homeless dogs are registered)

We only guard our good place in the sun (not registered but also ubiquitous cats)

A real night watch guard the Acropolis after sunset

Athens is a megapolis (and according to WHO the noisiest city in the wold)

...with ancient monuments (the ruins of the largest Greek temple, the Olympeion, and Hadrian´s Arch dividing the old and new town sice 1st century A.D.)

...with state institutions (Greek parliament)

...where picturesque streets in the city centre

...mix with less attractive places

...where you can relax in a quiet oasis in the heart of the megalopolis (National Garden)

...or play chess or dice (National Garden)

Greece is the cradle of theatre (Dionysus Theatre under the Acropolis)...

...which is a fact known even to a turtle which Achilles will - according to Zeno of Elea - never catch up

The Agora of Athens - the former trade, political and cultural centre of the ancient city (the reconstructed stoa and St. Apostels church)

Hefaisteion (449 B.C.) in the Agora is the best preserved ancient temple

St. Apostels Church is the youngest monument of the Agora

Wall paintings in St. Apostels Church

Wall paintings in St. Apostels Church

Silvie Švarcová answering audience questions

Athens´ dominant – the Acropolis (view from the agora)

Conference participants on a guided tour on the Acropolis

Parthenón – the dominant of the Acropolis

Renovation is still in process (Parthenon)

...So is the degradation due to bad climatic conditions

The most sacred place on the Acropolis - the Erechteion with caryatids on the front

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