Architecture

From an article in Odyssey Magazine, Vol 2 No 5 May/Jun 1995 entitled, Aphrodite's Children on Kythira By George Zarkadakis To read the entire article, Aphrodite's Children Author:Odyssey Magazine When Published: bi-mont...

From an article in Odyssey Magazine, Vol 2 No 5 May/Jun 1995 entitled, Aphrodite's Children on Kythira To read the entire article, Aphrodite's Children By George Zarkadakis To read the entire article go to History, subse...

From an article in Odyssey Magazine, Vol 2 No 5 May/Jun 1995 entitled, Aphrodite's Children on Kythira By George Zarkadakis To read the entire article, Aphrodite's Children Author:Odyssey Magazine When Published: bi-mont...

From an article in Odyssey Magazine, Vol 2 No 5 May/Jun 1995 entitled, Aphrodite's Children on Kythira By George Zarkadakis To read the entire article, Aphrodite's Children Author:Odyssey Magazine When Published: bi-mont...

Bridge in Potamos - Γέφυρα στον Ποταμό

Castle ruins in Chora - Το παλιό κάστρο στη Χώρα

The British or Lancastrian School at Milapidea, Livadi. Photography by J. Bennet 2002. Principal Investigator: Deborah Harlan (Oxford) In 1797, Napoleon's conquest of the Venetian Republic ushered in a turbulent period i...

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 .