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Tarpon Springs is a small fishing village about 45 km north of Tampa, Florida. Founded in the 1850s,
it was incorporated in February of 1887. It is the site of the early sponge industry in America,
and was the 'sponge capital of the world'. Today, it is a quaint fishing village typified
mostly by Greek immigrants, Greek language, Greek food, and Greek culture.
Ironically, there are no tarpon in Tarpon Springs (the fish thought to be
tarpon turned out to be something else, but the name 'stuck').

Click on any picture to enlarge it.

	This is a picture of the back of the Tarpon Springs sponge docks, shot along the Anclote River.
This is an exhibit of a Tarpon Springs historic sponge diver plying his craft.
	This is a typical street scene in Tarpon Springs. We are on Dodecanese Boulevard, a place full of Greek shops and Greek restaurants.
This is a photo of the Tarpon Springs tour trolley that took us around the whole town. As the front panel states, it costs $1 for the tour.
	These are two views of Tarpon Springs's St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, a replica of St Sophia (aka Aya Sophia, Hagia Sofia, Church of Holy Wisdom ) in Istanbul. Click here to see the original. "orthodox church"
This is a detail of the dome inside the church. Tarpon Springs St Nicholas Greek church "orthodox church"
	Here are two details of the church's stained glass windows. Tarpon Springs St Nicholas Greek church "orthodox church"
We purchased a picture postcard of the church just in case our pictures did not look good.
	Just west of the sponge docks, across this viaduct, is Howard Park, a recreation area and beach.
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