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Antony Antoniou – Luxury Property Expert

2016

Anderton Boat Lift

Anderton Lift

The Anderton Boat Lift is a two caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in north-west England. It provides a 50-foot (15.2 m) vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The structure is designated as a Scheduled Monument, and is included in the National Heritage List for England.Read More »Anderton Boat Lift

Hadrian’s Wall

Hadrian’s Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium), also called the Roman Wall, begun in 122 AD in the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea, and was the northern limit of the Roman Empire.… Read More »Hadrian’s Wall

Chirk & Pontcysyllte Aqueducts

Chirk & Pontcysyllte Aqueducts The Llangollen Canal (Welsh: Camlas Llangollen) is a navigable canal crossing the border between England and Wales. The waterway links Llangollen in Denbighshire, north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire, via the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. It is one of the most spectacular and scenic canals in… Read More »Chirk & Pontcysyllte Aqueducts

Ironbridge

Ironbridge is a village on the river Severn, that is a major part of the industrial revolution. It was here that advances in producing Iron by smelting with Coke began, a technique that allowed much purer and stronger Iron to be produced. There was one problem though, while the Foundry’s… Read More »Ironbridge

Petra tou Romiou

Birthplace of Aphrodite Cyprus is renowned as the island of beauty. The “Petra tou Romiou” area is one of the most beautiful coastlines in Cyprus, where, according to mythology, Aphrodite rose from the waves. The Greek name “Petra tou Romiou” (“the Rock of the Greek”) is associated with the legendary… Read More »Petra tou Romiou

The Violin

As a young boy, I was learning to play the Violin, although I did play in the school orchestra, I never really carried it on and as I entered my teens I stopped, something I still regret. I still have the original learner violin my dad bought me when I… Read More »The Violin

Larnaca Salt Lake

Larnaca Salt Lake is one of the most important wetlands in Cyprus and it has been declared a Ramsar and a Natura 2000 site. It is a complex network of four salt lakes (3 of them interconnected) of different sizes to the west of the city of Larnaca. The largest… Read More »Larnaca Salt Lake