The Stemnitsa Silver-Gold-Smithery School ( el, Σχολή Αργυροχρυσοχοΐας Στεμνίτσας, ''Scholi Argyrochrysochoias Stemnitsas'') is a publicly funded
school
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where students learn to craft jewelry from
silver
Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...
and
gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...
, hence its name. It is located in
Stemnitsa,
Arcadia
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Greece
* Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese
* Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative un ...
, in southern
Greece
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. The school was established in the 1970s, with its first director being Lambis Katsoulis.
External links
School website Silvery SchoolMunicipality of Trikolones
Buildings and structures in Arcadia, Peloponnese
Trikolones
Schools in Greece
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