Location information

Water-mills - Wid-mills

  Like in all the other Cycladic islands, also in Andros the wind power is used, nowadays by the use of wind generators and formerly by the use of an extensive network of wind-mills.
   In Korthi area (and in Serifos island) was developed a special type of wind-mill, tavlomylos, with the wheel rotating horizontally, having a vertical axis. In the Municipality area exist such wind-mills and of the classical type too, which were in operation till the middle of last century, producing flower.
  Contrary to the other islands, Andros has plenty of water. As a consequence, it was natural to use water power too. So it was formed an even greater network of water-mills, since the use of water as a driving force has, compared to wind, the advantage of stability, durability and better control, regardless of weather conditions.
  In Korthi area you can find more than 40 wind-mills, excellent samples of pre-industrial technology. Most of them are in Dipotamata, but there are also in Aidonia, Vouni and Piso Meria.

This text is cited March 2005 from the Municipality of Korthi URL below, which contains image.

Municipality of Korthi WebPage
• http://www.korthi.gr/na_in2_en.htm (1 img.)

Pigeon-houses

   These unique buildings, fine samples of folklore architecture, are found in a big number all around Municipality area.
  These structures are used as pigeon houses, barns and even houses.
  Walking through the old stone-paths you will come across many pigeon houses, some of them elaborate, others plain-built, small and big. Most of them are well maintained and white-washed, serene points of reference on a landscape, sometimes peacefull too and othertimes rough and abrupt.

Municipality of Korthi WebPage
• http://www.korthi.gr/pe_in2_en.htm (1 img.)