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Botanical Collection

Sep 3 2023 - Sep 3 2023

Botanical Collection

Βοτανική Συλλογή
Date

  • Sep 3 2023 - Sep 3 2023

Location

"The Natural History of Zagori"
CULTURAL CENTER "KOSTAS LAZARIDIS"

CORNUS MAS – ΚΡΑΝΙΑ

Trees play an important role in the life of the villagers. One of them, Cornus mas accompanies many different aspects of peoples’ life in the greek countryside. After going away on a journey, relatives would put a sprig of Cornus mas on the door of the traveler’s house so that they would be safe and as strong as the twig itself. On New Year’s Day, people put a twig the size of a matchstick on the New Year’s cake, wishing for health and strength all year round. Young children, when losing their baby teeth, adviced by their parents, throw them on the roof of the house and say a local pun, asking for as stong teeth as the sticks of Cornus mas.
From the collection of K. Lazaridis

The famous Vikos gorge, which outspreads for over 12 kilometres, is crossed by river Voidomatis, tributary of Aoos, forming natural landscapes of unparalleled beauty. The teacher and naturalist Kostas Lazaridis collected 1240 different species of plants from around this region.

In this digital application, the valuable collection unfolds and reveals important folklore, botanical and medicinal aspects and implications. The flora of the region is presented in a way that the plants are distributed according to the winter and summer solstice and the altitude at which they grow.

Through the Augmented Reality (AR) application, which is available in the physical place of the Cultural Centre “KOSTAS LAZARIDIS”, the exhibits “come to life” and users draw important information, aiming to create a core of vivid interest for the research, promotion and utilization of history, folklore and the cultural tradition of Zagorochoria in general.

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Botanical Collection
Γεώργιος Ριζάρης Λογότυπο