The Art Director was born in Kalamata where -at a very young age- he took his first classes in painting.
Yannis Kokkos is one of the most famous art designers and directors of plays, operas, ballets. He was born in Athens and since 1963 he has been living in Paris. He studied at the School of National Theater of Strasbourg.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris