In 2004 the Pentaichon Band was set up and introduced to the audience of Athens. Five people, five different personalities, a common aspiration. The need for expression, experimentation, composition and music coexistence in the field of folk culture and the living tradition of Greece. It’s a group of young people, all of them with a…
A similar wall will be built in Leonidio and will be available to our dynamic visitors and young friends during the Melitzaz Festival 2017, with the support of the climbers group of the Canyon Mountain Climbers Association. The wall will be available to the public at Iroon Square in Leonidio. For more information: Ioannis…
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The “indigo home” of Leonidio dominates in the fringes of red rock. It was built in 1864, and behind the iconostasis in the wall there is the inscription “KETS 1864”.It is not a typical mansion that you can find in Leonidio but the way it was built still makes it a part of traditional architecture. It…
Thi cathedral [early 19th century] has preserved the woode iconostasis of the Cathedral in Prastos which Prastiotes brought with them in order to save them from invasion of Ibrahim in 1826.The temploes images are masterpieces of 17th and 18th century.…
Agia Kyriaki the greatest and the oldest of the churches was built in the 18th century, with the image of John the Baptist in the temple, which was painted by George the Cretan.…
The history of the school begins on October 4th in 1905 at the office of the notary Constantine D. Bekyrou and in the presence of the witnesses John Elias the physician, Evangelos Antoniou Rozakis the lawyer, Theodore D. Goulenou the lawyer where a donation of aland was made by the Gymnastics Association “The Leonidion” from Municipality…
In 1914, the Greek Government had ordered 10 steam rollers from AVELING & PORTER a factory from Kent, England. Around 1930-1932 a large barge arrived in port of Plaka carring a rather unsual steamroller as it was only 8 tons. It had an emblem of the horse of Kent, which was later used by Enzio…
They rise as sleepless guards above the Leonidio at the “Prouzano” location, which is ideal for their operation ..They are probably dating back from the 18th century and they are monuments of Greek architectural heritage and integral elements of the landscape.The first and the second have been constructed in the 18th century, and the third in…
Many decades back the Rousali family from Prastos owned the store. The first license belongs to Kosmas Univ. Rousalis in 1874 but the shop have been operating much before there is no exact date. Back then you could shop all types of textiles ,oil, flour, beverages, grocery items. From generation to generation it was finally…
