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The architectural heritage of Greece's Kea island: Vibrant colours, stone houses and watermills

Kea has around 2,500 permanent residents, and despite the growth of tourism, the island has managed to retain its traditional character.

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00:00The Cyclades are home to a rich architectural heritage.
00:05The island of Chia, just an hour from Athens, boasts colourful neo-classical buildings.
00:11The local authorities are working to protect and showcase them.
00:15Beyond sun and sea, visitors are also encouraged to discover the island's history
00:20and to visit Chia in autumn or spring.
00:24We see the small, small trees, the steggats, the small buildings,
00:30and we also see the colour in the tiles.
00:33Really, Chia had a lot of colour.
00:37After the last of the day, the blue was mainly for hygiene.
00:42But, the Chia had a colour.
00:43That's what we see every time we have a new school
00:46where we can see the house, it's colour.
00:50On the island's hillsides, visitors come across traditional stone houses.
00:55Some have been abandoned, while others have been carefully renovated
00:59and are now used as holiday homes or tourist accommodation.
01:20The new people have been born and the new people have been born.
01:22Kia once had 11 water mills.
01:25They all remained in operation until the Second World War,
01:27but were gradually abandoned over the following decades.
01:31Today, one has been converted into a home, while another is still in operation
01:35and welcomes visitors to the island.
01:38Savas Michael believes he has a duty to keep the island's history alive.
01:42The technology has been removed.
01:44We have been very many and the new people and all the children that are now
01:48don't know what was going on in the past.
01:51Therefore, with the tradition, we bring new people to know how old was the tradition and how old was it.
02:00We have been living in the past.
02:03In the most recent years, the new people have been living in the past.
02:07But in the new people, the new people have been living in the past.
02:10such as the Cítrino and the Cόκκινη Mílto of the Skayas,
02:14one of a great, very famous, which was very famous in the ancient times.
02:19When you look at the Nisii,
02:20you can find the Thickets,
02:22the traditional, beautiful home-to-date houses that attend the time.
02:26From the NGIA, for the GeuroNews,
02:28from the Apostolo S.T.A.E.K.

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