Dear friend of Ikaria, In this article I will tell you some interesting facts about this mysterious place Lagada, and about the way the pirates influenced Ikarian architecture. Lagada is mentioned as "the ark of Ikarian survival". For more than 100 years, about 300 families were living there, in an autonomous environment with laws and customs that were giving the community the ability to have a peaceful life. They used to elect some wise old men as the "Dimogerontes", or ‘those who were taking care of the society’. The Dimogerontes took care of the differences and arguments that could exist between individuals and they took decisions for the common good. Their decisions were highly respect
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Written by Mazari G. Eleni; Ikaria Real Estate
- Apr 16, 2016
Dear friend of Ikaria, Have you ever heard about "The Rock of the Ikarian Man"? It is a famous story that really happened on the island of Evia. But before telling you the story, I need to explain a little more about "the old times" in Ikaria. Ikaria has always been a difficult island for its inhabitants: remote (far away from the Greek main land), harsh and wild (mountain life and the strong winds). Nowadays we have modern luxuries and techniques to make life a little easier, but especially in earlier times, Ikaria was an extremely difficult place to survive. One of the main reasons was the lack of agricultural production: the amount of produce wasn't enough to meet the needs of the Ika
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