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ANCIENT GREEK PORTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN initiative
The Union of Ancient Greek Ports was created in 1995 from a network of cities
with the common characteristic of having been founded during Greek antiquity.
The union was enacted in 1996 with its headquarters in the ancient town of
Agatha, current Aged of Southern France.
In 2002 the Union’s headquarters were moved to Larnaca, Cyprus. With the passing
of time, what remained of the Union is a report in the webpage of KTE
(www.eduscience.gr-Activities).The aim of the Union is the strengthening of the
relations amongst the cities involved, in the fields of culture, education,
economy, technology and the communication of citizens; more specifically that of
young people. In 2008 there began a project, A Script on Mediterranean, with the
participation of 13-year-old Evdokia Valli from Mitilini, who took the first
European reward in the “world competition of children’s painting for the
environment”; the competition was organized based on the “Program of
Environment” of the United Nations – UNEP
(http://archive.enet.gr/online_text/c=112).
During that same time, on 10-13 December, a congress organized by the Network of
Cities of Sea and entitled “New Scripts on Mediterranean – For an open sea in
the strategy for the growth” took place in Gela, Sicily
(www.mondogreco.net/associazione/intex.htm).
Today, there are many initiatives and serious networks throughout the
Mediterranean. Nevertheless, the war on immigration, the environmental pollution
and that of the sea, as well as the fading of the local culture are still
occurring. And the question rising is why is this?
It may be that there are citizens, who love sea as well as history, such as the
factors of marine tourism, yachtsmen, visitors, divers, archeologists and
others, and wish to preserve clean water, local culture and history. These
people, in collaboration, can stimulate the action of Ancient Greek Ports and
the Cities of Sea, and contribute in the salvation of the Mediterranean region.
The ancient Greek Ports can be tracked from the Black Sea (Maiotis lake) up to
the Atlantic Ocean (Tartessos). These, on their own, constitute monuments and
the history of the human kind, at least for the West.
Based on the ancient harbors and the active cities and citizens of the
Med...