ENJOY YOUR TINOS VIRTUAL TRIP
Tinos Town and port. One can see part of the Old Port and the paved uphill avenue leading to Panagia Megalochari (Our Lady of Annunciation) distinguishable at the end of it.
A dove-cot, initially
a store room for farming tools,
with an added floor on top for the nesting pigeons. Historically, pigeon
growing on Tinos was only allowed to Venetian rulers, as their exclusive
Nobility Privilege, for as long as they occupied the island. Their
leaving opened the way to local people to pigeon rearing. Then, the local
artistic hand produced these masterpieces.
A lonely Windmill on the top of a hill, reminder of the days the islanders exploited Wind Power to cover their energy needs. (By the way, the term Aeolic Power, widely used in place of Wind Power, derives its name from god Aeolos, deity of the winds, who, according to ancient Greek Mythology, had his palace on top of Tsiknias mountain, Tinos' main mountain range). One must keep in mind that these constructions have been the product of a highly evolved technology. Nowadays, a very able and efficient local carpenter, using modern machinery, confessed that the only way to build a copy of the revolving wooden mechanism would be to carry the whole thing by helicopter to his front yard for him to use it as a model to his work. Not only the technology to build these masterpieces is forgotten, but the long list of the relevant terminology, naming of the various parts, is lost as well, partly found only in old narrative books.
Another view of the main avenue to Panagia Megalochari Church, seen at the top of the hill
One of Tinos' 48 picturesque villages
When
the Art of Basket-Weaving meets that of
Photography to produce dream pictures
of vacations worth the name. While on Tinos, you can meet basket weavers at
work. Mainly older people, with many years' exercise in patience, spend
endless hours producing artifacts that dare go against the wave of plastics,
which has polluted our times.
