Old derelict traditional houses on the Island of Ithaca in Greece

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The idyll ends as you step ashore at Vathy to find an unprepossessing quayside lined with functionally bland buildings that owe something to pre-quake Ithaca architecture, but not much. A preservation order in 1978 prevented unsightly building and protected the town from naked commercial development but the results are nothing to send postcards home about.

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Size: 4520px × 3448px
Location: Ithaca Greece
Photo credit: © Gillian Singleton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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