Advantages: "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife…." Disadvantages: "….shut the gates of mercy on mankind." (Thomas Gray)
...been left in possession of Agios Prokopios Church. When you enter, the door creaks and they rise in a flurry of wingbeats to find their way out through the broken windows around the high central dome. Their droppings pattern the floor, in layers beneath their perches, in blotchy spots elsewhere. Provided you can avoid treading on the more thickly caked areas, the echo of your footfalls will replace the frantic fluttering once the birds have flown ... ...those that are derelict. Agios Prokopios stands out simply because it is prettier than most, and the contrast between the tranquillity of its location and the conflict that underlies its condition seems that much more marked as a result. Presumably, unless the divided people of the island discover some common ground on which to build a future together, this church, like the others, will continue to deteriorate and will eventually fall down. It is ...
torr 03.05.2007
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