Halkidiki, Greece: Plato’s Idea, Byzantine Fealty, Inspire Eagles Palace Resort
By Tom Talleur
Elegance without emphasis. Function without flash. A symbiosis with nature.
These are a few of the hallmark qualities you’ll find at the one-of-a-kind Eagles Palace Hotel & Resort. This place exists in the only way it can, consistent with the history and culture of Athos, a mystic, awe-inspiring peninsula in Halkidiki.
Visitors will sense a wisp in the winds that run through this place. It prompts one to ponder a storied past and embrace an inviting future.
The Past Spurs Inspiration and Creation
Platonic ideas and Byzantine history struck the Tournivoukas family of hoteliers in Thessaloniki, to create this 5-star wonder near Ouranoupolis, Greece back in 1973. All we have to do is look to the past to grasp their notions.
If you take Plato’s theory of cosmology circa 360 B.C. and his belief all living things manifest a soul distinct from their physical body, you’ll have ideas others could adapt as a philosophical basis for a religion. Fast-forward 675-years.
Emperor Constantine I of the Eastern Holy Roman or Byzantine Empire embraces Christianity and supports Patriarchs who adapt Plato’s ideas as the philosophical basis for Orthodox Christianity. He sets up the ecclesiastical and civil functions in the empire to operate in harmony with one another. This triggers a precedent for Orthodoxy leading to the 1,800-year monastic presence on nearby Mount Athos…
Link: https://fwtmagazine.com/halkidiki-greece-platos-idea-byzantine-fealty-inspire-eagles-palace-resort
