Εργασία etwinning: Traditional houses in Syros


 Syros is well-known for its impressive houses. The most outstanding buildings can be found in Hermoupolis, the capital, as well as in Ano Syros (up the hill).
  In Hermoupolis one can admire excellent neoclassical buildings with obvious Venetian influences. Those were built from about 1834 until the end of the 19th century and followed the spirit of “Romantic Classicism” with a lot of western elements as a result of the close condact with the western European civilization (Hermoupolis was one of the greatest trade and industrial centres of the 19th cent. ).
  The traditional houses of the old rich aristocracy have got impressive facades, symmetry in their wooden openings, remarkable huge central doors, finely-decorated balconies and beautiful interior with large rooms standing by the sides of a big corridor and hand-painted ceilings.
  This houses are sometimes separated by beautiful marble squares, nice churches and narrow streets, giving a unique colour of the town. Unfortunately, the grandeur of some of these buildings cannot be easily admired because they are too huge in proportion to the narrow streets so we are not able to have a full view of the houses from the proper distance.
  Nevertheless, these neoclassical houses remind of the glory and prosperity of Syros suggesting a fine canvas for living in or simply visiting the place.
  In Ano Syros, the Cycladic architecture harmonizes with the Medieval and Venetian architecture. All over the hill there are narrow streets, white painted stairs and colourful flowers decorating the wooden balconies and the small yards. The houses are built closely to one another or even one above the other, and they are surrounded by rocky sloping surfaces which were used as a protection against the pirates in the previous centuries (the town was built in 1200 AD).






















































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