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The old windmill in Mitilinii Samos

view from inside

This windmill is one of many in my Villege. Is my favorite since I always was able to see it from my window when I was child...



From Wikipedia:
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. The main use is for a grinding mill powered by the wind, reducing a solid or coarse substance into pulp or minute grains, by crushing, grinding, or pressing.Windmills have also provided energy to sawmills, paper mills, hammermills.

From outside

view from far away..

The stonework inside.

Tradional fashion

Traditional Samos costume of a young woman - 150 years ago.

Exhibit of the Folklore Museum in Mytilinioi.

St Trinity convent in Mitilinii Samos II

St Trinity convent in Mitilinii Samos

View from Mitilinii Vilage - Samos

The place where I born and grow-up , here I spend many happy years of my life , a beloved place...

Sunset in Agiades - Sky Watch Friday

The Fountain of Kazania

The fountain of kazania is at least 200 years old, founded and builded from our grand parents in order to guaranty clean water for the land farms in the area of Kazania.

A wonderfull door

A wonderfull door seen in Mitilinii village, just a masterpiece about 100 years old .

Water reservoir in Rogia- Mitilinii

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The Water reservoirs was first builded in Samos some 20 years ago in order to support the farmers with water for their plants in the hot summer months.
As many other things made in Greece they never used since there was neither money to build pipelines to transfer the water, or just luck of interest !
So, the result is gut news for the nature, many water birds and plants found a welcome home!

It become a nature water life reservoir!!! and a romantic place too :)

This is what it left..

This is what it left from my Grandfather s land house...

Some 70 years ago this house during the 2nd World War protect and save the whole familie..

Now its just a memorie for few of us, the rest dont even care at all.Thats why it looks like these.

But people who forget so easaly their past ..have no future, thats what I have to say...Its so pitty.

Samian wild-fruits / My world

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On the way to Kazania - Scenic Sunday

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On the way to Kazania (part of the mountain Ampelos) the view is so wonderfull.

At the far end a small part of the Village Hora and the airport are visible.

The Island Agathonisi is at the end like a long blue boat.

Cyclamen

Cyclamen is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants, traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae, but in recent years reclassified in the family Myrsinaceae (Kallersjo et al. 2000). The genus is most widely known by its scientific name Cyclamen being taken into common usage; other names occasionally used include sowbread and sometimes, confusingly, Persian violet (it is not related to the violets), or primrose (neither is it a primrose).
Cyclamen are native to the Mediterranean region from Spain east to Iran, and also in Northeast Africa in areas such as Somalia

More information :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclamen

An old lady - Scenic Sunday

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This old olive tree belongs once to my Grand-Father and before him to his Grand -Father etc etc...Probably is some hundred years old. And old lady still giving her fruits every year as usual .

Laudakia stellio - Samos

From Wikipedia,
A stellion (Laudakia stellio), also known as a hardim or star lizard,[1] is a species of agamid lizard found in Greece, Southwest Asia, and Northeast Africa. Like many agamas, stellions can change color to express their moods. They bask on stone walls, rocks and buildings, and also on trees. They are usually found in rocky habitats, and are quite shy, being very ready to dive into cracks to hide from potential predators.

The name "stellion" comes from Latin stellio, stēlio (stelliōn-, stēliōn-), which referred to any spotted lizard, from stella, star.

Life is everywhere - Scenic Sunday

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In the summer of 2000 a fire burned about 30% of the island's forests.But life is everywhere again! You can see 3 survivors and many new pine trees growing again!We hope that such a catastrophy never take place again.

Mitilinii Village

Three km to the north of Chora, on the road that conncets Pythagoreio-Chora-Mytilinioi-Samos, you’ll find the village of Mytilinioi at the west end of the homonymous valley. The village is surrounded by hills that make it invisible by the sea.
It’s one of the biggest and most vibrant villages of Samos. Its name derives from its first inhabitants who came from the neighbouring island of Mytilene. In the village you’ll also find the Paleontological and Folclore Museum with rare speciments of animal fossils that were found in the area. Excavations for that purpose were initially performed in 1887 and 1888, but many of the findings are in museums out of Samos adorning foreign collections.
Signs of ancient fortification and other remands were found around the village, signs that this area was inhabited since ancient times.
The village, at its height, was the first in tobacco production in Samos generating more the 1280 tons annually.
Three km to the east is the monastery of Holy Trinity (Agia Triada). It’s one of the most recent on the island as it was built in 1924.
The settlements of Kamara with 4 residents, Agia Triada with 4, Potami with 79 and Rizovrachos with 10 residents also belong to the village of Mytilinioi.

Its highest ever-recorded population was recorded in the 1928 census, 5519 residents.

Text found in : http://www.samosin.gr/

Mitilinii Village

The small town of Mitilinioi, the old capital of the island, is built amphitheatrically on top of three hills in the middle of the fertile valley of Hisios. The mane of the Mitilinioi originates from the first inhabitants of this are who came from Mitilini (Lesvos).
In Mitilinioi there is an important commercial activity and a vibrant nightlife.
Picturesque narrow streets, churches, and beautiful cafes, make up a uniquely beautiful picture.

A view near Mitilini Village

After the first rain in September the island starts slowly to be again more and more green, in sunny days you think that it is not Autom but Spring...
I hoppe to be lucky and enjoy this sunny and peacefull Autom days soon..

ps. On the left upper side of the photo you can see the ruins of two old windmills.