It is an open secret that this valuable material, with settlements linked with the natural landscape in an unprecedented manner, is constantly diminishing, either as a result of human intervention or from natural deterioration, with no hope of its being replaced. The terrible fires of August 2007 have provided a painful reminder of this.

The material selected for this album comes exclusively from the category of the older Greek settlements, which time has enhanced so nobly. In their present form, settlements of this kind, dispersed in a distinctive landscape, give concentrated expression to the modern history of the land.