{"id":8344,"date":"2018-05-09T08:44:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T08:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aeginagreece.com\/aegina-island\/?page_id=8344"},"modified":"2018-05-09T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T09:11:50","slug":"aeginas-mountain-villages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aeginagreece.com\/aegina-island\/aeginas-mountain-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"Aegina’s Mountain Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some of Aegina’s Tiny Mountain Villages<\/h1>\n

Green tourism is alive and well in Aegina, where visitors frequent the tiny mountain villages that ring Mount Oros, in the southern part of the island. Though many are now depopulated, there is at least one with two tavernas: Anitseo, which is also accessible by two main roads. They all offer good walking and fine sea views. Main access to within walking distance of the villages is via the eastern coastal road beyond Agia Marina and (alternatively), the road to Pachia Rachi heading southeast from Aegina town.<\/p>\n

Excavations have proven the existence of numerous very old villages, though many have been reduced to piles of stones. Areas where remains of villages were found include the island’s northeast corner near Tourlos (east of Vagia), Kavouropetra (near central Kipseli, Dragonera, Vathi, near the temple of Afea, in Perdika, and a Mycenean settlement on the peak of Mt. Oros. Still others existed between the monastery of Agios Minas and Agia Marina, above Alones, and below Pachia Rachi.<\/p>\n

The descriptions of the following tiny mountain villages: Anitseo, Vlachides, Kanakides (not inhabited), Kilindras
\nLazarides & Sfendouri have been taken from a booklet (2003) based on a project directed by Giorgos Bitros and his students at the gymnasio (middle school) of Kipseli. Warm thanks to this educator, whose later study of Pachia Rachi (and subsequent booklet) provided information for the article about this village, and to his students, who wrote the articles for the 2003 booklet.<\/p>\n

Other villages described in the booklet are Tzikides, Psachni, Freatsi, Skotini and Pachia Rachi, along with some brief notes on still others.<\/p>\n

Bibliography:
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