{"id":7579,"date":"2018-01-31T00:25:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/?p=7579"},"modified":"2018-01-31T00:26:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T21:26:19","slug":"parthenonas-village-past-and-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/parthenonas-village-past-and-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Parthenonas Village: Past and Present"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Situated at an altitude of 350m in the verdant foothills of Mount Itamos<\/strong>, some 6k from Neos Marmaras, Parthenonas<\/strong> is a lovely little village, particularly as its beautifully preserved models of vernacular Macedonian architecture are hard to come by. Yet just 50 years ago, things were very different; residents had abandoned the village<\/strong> en masse to find work at Neos Marmaras<\/strong>, the hub of a burgeoning tourism industry. It was several years after that before any interest was shown in this authentic village, thanks to media coverage and a government initiative<\/strong> to have it listed for preservation. This attention attracted individuals looking for a summer home off the beaten path. Dozens of \u201coutsiders\u201d came to the nearly deserted village, bought up the abandoned homes and restored<\/strong> them to their original glory<\/strong>, ushering in a new period of growth.<\/p>\n

Today, the pride of Parthenonas \u2013 other than the 1837 Church of Aghios Stefano<\/strong>s \u2013 is the old elementary school that serves as a museum<\/strong> of local history and folklore<\/strong>. Recently renovated, the museum now has an updated approach to the presentation of its exhibits<\/strong> and does not suffer from that quaint (but slightly sad) old-fashioned feel of so many local museums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cParthenonas is a lovely little village, particularly as its beautifully preserved models of vernacular Macedonian architecture are hard to come by\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Parthenonas is arguably the most beautiful of Sithonia\u2019s traditional villages.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Perikles Merakos<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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The view at sunset from Paul\u2019s traditional taverna is mesmerizing.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Perikles Merakos<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Luckily, our guided tour is conducted by Stella Margariti, president of the Parthenon Cultural Center<\/strong> and an authority on the village\u2019s history and culture. She explains the significance<\/strong> of all the items exhibited, including the looms that ensured every household was well stocked with the rugs, throws, tablecloths and bedding for which this part of Greece is so well known. Kneading boards for bread and clay storage jars for pickles, olives, lard, sausages and sundry other pantry staples are further evidence of the village\u2019s traditional past<\/strong>. The troknies<\/em> are especially interesting \u2013 old-world baby carriers that allowed the women to keep their infants close while still leaving their hands free for chores.<\/p>\n

Parthenonas is not just banking on its past, however. Now in its second year, the Parthen\u03bfn Film Festival<\/strong>, draws summer crowds to the village\u2019s main square with art-house fare and popular retro comedies<\/strong>. Brothers Fotis and Christos Politis, two of the five organizers, explain how the idea for this event came about.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all grew up in Marmaras, and we\u2019re all close friends. For most of our childhood, Marmaras had an open-air theater<\/strong>. That one shut down at some point, so we decided to start a summer film festival in Parthenonas, not just to revive that summer experience from our boyhood, but also to give something back<\/strong> to our parents\u2019 village.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

source: greece-is.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Situated at an altitude of 350m in the verdant foothills of Mount Itamos, some 6k from Neos Marmaras, Parthenonas is a lovely little village, particularly as its beautifully preserved models of vernacular Macedonian architecture are hard to come by. Yet just 50 years ago, things were very different; residents had abandoned the village en masse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[73,55,72,68,69,74,54,75,76,66],"class_list":["post-7579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parthenonas-chalkidiki","tag-archontiko-charpantidis","tag-chalkidiki","tag-charpantidis","tag-hotel-chalkidiki","tag-hotel-parthenonas","tag-mansion","tag-parthenonas","tag-traditional-village","tag-traditional-village-chalkidiki","tag-sithonia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7587,"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7579\/revisions\/7587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archontiko-charpantidi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}