Sights

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

Kataste(g)i is the covered passage for pedestrians and animals within hamlets.  In Greece, these special passages are also known as diavatika or skepasta. These are constructions (balconies or rooms) above the lanes meandering the hamlet. They were constructed either to span the passage using wooden beams as a bridge or to support a bridge with

Kataste(g)i is the covered passage for pedestrians and animals within hamlets.  In Greece, these special passages are also known as diavatika or skepasta. These are constructions (balconies or rooms) above the lanes meandering the hamlet. They were constructed either to span the passage using wooden beams as a bridge or to support a bridge with

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

In the Chora of Kythnos, on the south side of the hamlet, alongside the stream, there are four large public wells (the word pigadi [well] is a diminutive of the ancient Greek word pigi [spring]). Pano Pigadi or Pano Piadi, as they say in the local dialect, Cheiropigado, Mesiano, and Fountana. The well is an