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The Windmills of Patmos The windmills of Chora Built in the east of the Holy Monastery of Patmos, on the top of the hill with view of the sea, the three windmills of Chora gave their name to the neighboring district of Mili. From the moment of their restoration in 2010, they can be characterized as another jewel of the island, which was awarded by Europa Nostra. Windmills (two of which date back to 1588, and the third was built in 1863) fell into disuse in the late 1950s, when the industrial milling replaced the traditional production. The mills in Patmos, as well as in whole Europe, were deserted . The ruined mills, visible from the sea, moved the Swiss banker and yachtsman, Mr. Charles Pictet, a fervent friend of Patmos. He envisioned them with sails filled with the Aeolus like earthly sailing boats, contributing to both the landscape and the local community, as they had done for four consecutive centuries. On his initiative and financing, as well as with contributions of individuals and of Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the project of restoration was assigned to the Greek architect Daphne Becket and was completed with the cooperation of people from different horizons, but with the same love and respect for tradition: local shipbuilders, French millers of the eighth generation, Swiss specialists of sailing sails and Greek and French engineers, responsible for the reoperation of the mechanisms. Everyone’s purpose was not only to restore the building shell with traditional materials, but also to restore their utilitarian value, their “soul”, for them to be dynamic and living organisms, friendly towards the environment. Today, the first mill reopened as a flour mill, with the aim not only to offer its visitors the image of the traditional flour production technology, but also to assist in the revival of the traditional crafts of flourman and baker and the production of products of the past. The second windmill, because of the replacement of the grindstone by a generator and the installation of a metal rolling beam with mechanical brake for the waterwheel, is able to generate electricity from wind power. Finally, the plan for the third windmill is water production. The windmills of Chora are reasonably some of its attractions; they are, however, above all a living monument, a bridge connecting the past with the present and the future. - To read the review of the project by its initiator, Mr. Charles Pictet, click here. - To read the history of their restoration by the architect Daphne Becket (in English), click here. - To see the windmills as they are presented by Europa Nostra, click here. References: http://www.energia.gr/article.asp?art_id=61615 http://www.thebestinheritage.com/presentations/2013/windmills-of-the-monastery-of-st.john-the-theologian,,232.html You might also like Monastery Zoodochos Pigi The Nunnery “Zoodochos Pigi” is located southwest of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian in Chora and was founded in 1607 by the Abbot of the Monastery of St. The Windmills of Patmos Europa Nostra, created in 1963 in collaboration with the European Union, constitutes a pan-European citizen’s movement for the safeguarding of Europe’s cultural and natural heritage. Since 1978, Europa Nostra awards Monastery of St. John the Theologian In 1088 in Patmos, St. Christodoulos the Latrinos , a gifted and educated monk from Bithynia, was granted funds by Imperial Decree (Chrysovoula /Golden Seal) by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios
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Kutsal Kathismata You might also like Zoodohos Pigi Kutsal Manastırı Kadın Kutsal Manastırı “Zoodohos Pigi” Khora’da, Aziz İoannis Teolog Manastırı’nın batısında bulunmaktadır ve 1607’de Meryem’e (Zoodoho Pigi) adayan Aziz İoannis Teolog Manastırı’nın Başköşesi Parhtenios Pangostas tarafından kuruldu. Manastırın hedefi dulların, Aziz İoannis Teolog Kutsal Manastırı 1088’de Patmos, Bizans İmparatoru Aleksios 1. Komninos tarafından Aziz İoannis şerefine bir Manastır kurması ve bu şekilde adanın kaderini ilkelere bağlaması için Vitinyalı yetenekli ve eğitimli bir keşiş olan Osios Patmos’un Değirmenleri Khora’nın yeldeğirmenleri Patmos Kutsal Manastırı’nın batısında inşa edilmiş, denize manzaralı tepeciğin en yüksek noktasında olan Khora’nın üç yeldeğirmeni, Mili komşu semtine adını verdi ve 2010’daki restorasyonundan sonra Europa Nostra tarafından