and Balkan Europe
by IECOB & AIS Università di Bologna
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Eastern and Balkan Europe (PECOB),
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Author Galleries
Personal galleries offer a view on a place, region, or event as seen bya given author at a certain time. They provide direct insight intoplaces and cultures in a way that would be otherwise difficult to obtain.
Kazakhstan's two capital cities
All pictures were taken by Giorgio Comai, in January 2006 in Kazakhstan. The pictures focus on new elements of independent Kazakhstan, as well as its landscapes.
See the gallery "Kazakhstan's two capital cities"
From Pyatigorsk to Mount Elbrus
All pictures were taken by Giorgio Comai, in May 2006 during a trip through the region. They include pictures concerning locations of naturalistic, historical, geopolitical, and literary interest.
See the gallery "From Pyatigorsk to Mount Elbrus"
Albanian villages
These pictures have been taken by the author in the area of the Gomisque, Korpul and Fercc villages. Located in the mountains in the centre-north of Albania these small centres are spread in a beautiful and rocky region from Scutari down to the Pukë territory.
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Shkodër
Shkodër is one of the biggest city in the north of the country and the main centre of the catholic enclave in Albania. Nonetheless, different faiths cohexist in Shkodër and seem to have found an exuilibrim of respect. The periphery of the city developed significantly becauseof the flux of immigrants coming from the villages in th mountains.
Siberia, people and landscapes
All pictures were taken by the author during a linguistic expedition in the Turukhansk district organised by the Moscow State University of Humanities (Rggu). The expedition was aimed at collecting audio records of the Ket and Evenk languages for further analysis and research.
See the gallery "Siberia, people and landscapes"
