Architecture

beautiful home in potamos, just behind the church.

one of the many splendid old ruined homes that are in every village. some over the past 20 years have been restored to their original grace and charm.

as the years go by the donkey as transport is not seen much these days. this man rides his donkey through potamos in the mid 80's.

The bridge at Katouni as an early morning mist descends over the Livadi valley

The famous bridge or viaduct at Katouni is marked by a series of openings or holes between its arches. It is now clear that these openings were constructed to lessen the stiffness of the bridge and to make it more balanc...

One of the many British built bridges on the island is this one arch bridge on the road to Myrtidia, built in 1824.

The house of the Cavallini family, for more information see: "A chapter of Cavallini family history" in the Oral history section. * Sometimes spelt Kavalini, Cavalinis, or Cavalenes

Bottom: House when first built and occupied by the Levounes family. Top: House when George Levounes returned to visit it many decades later. For a full history of the Levoune family from Potamos, and of the construction...

The photograph of course, includes the famous bridge at Katouni. Of more interest to me for this submission is the alloni or milling circle in the lower, right hand side. Allonya were extremely important architectural st...

The Entrance Arch to Karavas. One of the prominent features of the "built environment" that makes Karavas unique.

Another very important room in a Kytherian house was the apothiki - storage room. On the left hand side are the doors which lead into the Tzortzopoulos apothiki. Here was kept all the tools needed to farm the land, small...

One of the most important features of a Kytherian house is its fournos - oven. The fournos at the Tzortzopoulos patriko spiti lies just outside the kitchen on the lower level. There is a subtle art to making a good fourn...

one of the new houses in potamos built in old design .

the superb architecture of myrtithia with the side view showing the arches of the church.

Classical Sophios photograph of Mylopotamos, possibly taken in the 1950's.

In a previous entry I submitted a photograph of the bamboo roof on the Tzortzopoulos "patriko spiti" in Karavas. The use of bamboo, was a traditional method of roofing. Mortar was placed over the bamboo, and then the til...

typical entrance to many villages on the island, note the homes made from rocks.

walking through chora you can admire the wonderful venetian architecture.

neo classical architecture of the bank in potamos. untill recently was the only bank in greece open on sundays wish they would return back to those days.

The Patriko skolio, was originally an Agricultural College, designed to teach Karavitithes and Kytherians generally, agricultural science. The thiapontos was George Politis. [See other entries for full history.] It was n...