Concrete Homes Stand Up to Earthquakes
Built according to good practices, concrete homes are among the safest and most durable types of structures in the world during an earthquake. Homes built with reinforced concrete walls have a record of surviving earthquakes intact, structurally sound and largely unblemished.
In reinforced concrete construction, the combination of concrete and steel [...]
The island of Kefalonia forms a key ingredient of the Grecian tourism. Situated in the western periphery of the Greek waters, the island is also the largest among the cluster called the Ionian Islands, with an estimated area of 350 sq. miles. Kefalonia is widely known for its sea resorts, mountainous landscape, ancient monasteries and [...]
Ithaka
Ithaka is known to every schoolboy as the home island of Odysseus, and even if not all scholars can agree on the exact location of the sites associated with the Odyssey, this island has as much claim as any of receiving the homage due to that epic hero and his world. The men of [...]
