Meet Hydra and its quaint architecture ... | |
The city of Hydra, represents a big part of the Island's quaint traditional architecture, which combines insular and land-lubber characteristics. Simple houses and manors, differentiate with a quaint, but yet impressive architecture, which is not met in other parts of Greece and abroad. This architecture is in every way unique and someone must come and see it for himself. | The Manors of Hydra,stand witnesses to the economic bloomming the Island had, during the end of the 18th century. |
All the manors of Hydra are stone made and usually they are three or four stories tall, because of the sloping ground. | In the Manors there are seperated rooms for men and women, a large lounge, one iconostasis and a special room for the men to smoke nargile. |
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The simple houses are surrounded with yards, which have got fences. | Unique piece of decoration in these houses is the white frame around the windows, which is made from lime and it is used to counteract the gray colour stone. |
The Manors of Hydra | |
At the east side of the harbour, you can see the Tsamados Manor. |