This small vegetable garden belongs to Giannis Philippaios, also known in the village as Apithanos (the Uncanny). Giannis’ father bought if from his brother and worked it as a vineyard for a few years. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by animals that managed to get in. When Giannis inherited it in the ‘90s, the small garden […]
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The impressive terracing is one of the most outstanding features of the rural landscape of Kythnos. They are called skales (steps), anavathmides (grading) or pezoules (ledges). People have been terracing for years to secure land for their crops and, consequently, their food. Terracing holds rainwater which infiltrates the soil deeply and replenishes the aquifer, instead
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The rural landscape is of particular cultural interest because it reveals people’s capacity to manage the natural environment in a sustainable and respectful manner, ensuring quality despite the limited natural resources at their disposal. Kythnos’ rural landscape is characterised by terracing or skales (steps) as well as dry stone constructions known as kelia (cells)
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These small stone-built constructions are encountered in the countryside of the Cyclades; they are called kelia (cells). The are dry stone buildings and blend harmoniously with their natural surroundings; they are small miracles of Cycladic architecture and remnants echoing rural life of yesteryears. These constructs were built by farmers with the stones they picked
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Wash-houses were the laundrettes of a bygone era. Public infrastructure, absolutely necessary until halfway through the previous century, nowadays they are a unique monuments that present a human activity that technology has forever left behind. The Mathia wash-house was built in 1852 in the memory of the mayor at the time Andreas Mazis, and it
The windmill of Tziotakis is the best preserve mill currently dominating the windmill complex of Dryopida. It was built in approximately 1910 using stone, it has a wooden conical roof, and is approximately 6 metres tall. Mr Antonis Vitalis, son in law of Tziotakis and the last miller to have worked there for 14 years,
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