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Piran town in Slovenia. The word "Piran" as a local told us means fire. However, he did not know that the ancient Greek word for "fire" once used to be written as "pyr". So, the origins of the name Piran lies to an ancient Greek word related to fire. He was not aware of that connection. Of course, how could anybody know this, if he does not know Greek?

As a matter of fact in Wikipedia refers that "the name of the town most probably originates from the Greek "Pyrrhos", which means "red", because of the reddish flysch stones commonly found in the town's area. Some historians also refer it to "pyros", meaning fire, due to ancient lighthouses which were supposed to be on the edge of the marina."

This is a more artistic look created by a photograph I had captured during my trip to Slovenia. The original photo is in my collection titled "Slovenia" but this version is digitally manipulated to resemble a painting over a canvas.

High-quality imagery by Elias Pentikis...

My name is Elias Pentikis and I am a landscape-cityscape photographer and lately a portrait photographer. I am a Greek who was born and lives in Kavala - Greece. A small city and capital to a region of around 60,000 souls, in the Greek East Macedonia. During my photographic journey so far, I have been awarded the following: - In 2013 a photo of mine was published in the book Best of Photography 2013 at the 33rd contest of Photographer's Forum (pfmagazine.com) sponsored by Sigma. - In 2014 another photo of mine was published in the book Best of Photography 2014 at the 34th contest of Photographer's Forum (pfmagazine.com), also sponsored by Sigma while at the same time, this photo received an Honorable Mention. - In 2016 I received...