TRAVELER’S DIARY: HYDRA BY ART-Part I

On the occasion of the exhibition “AWE” curated by Dimitris Antonitsis in the context of Hydra School Project’s, we are making a visual tour in the narrow streets and the alleys of Hydra Island for the different spaces that he choose to presents artworks of the exhibition, on the occasion of the 20^th edition of Hydra School Project’s. Explaining to our readers the history and the usage of each space, on an island whose every corner is intertwined with art and architecture, music and poetry. So after the Merchant Marine Academy that is on show the main body of the works, we are heading to Historical Archives Museum Hydra (IAMY), where in the 2^nd floor are on presentation four artworks; the Bratsera Hotel with its memorabilia of its glorious past,  when the building was a sponge factory and the Hydrea Hotel, one of the biggest buildings of the island, that originally was built in 1803 the building was originally the home of Frangiscos Voulgaris family, also here was signed the treatment on the rebellion of 1831 against Kapodistrias, Located near to the Historical mansions of Voulgaris and Tompasis families.-Efi Michalarou