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EΝtopia Project
Europa Nostra Vice President
Costa Carras
Franciacorta,
Umbria
Port Carlisle, England
A programme for landscapes and
villages
Sikinos Island, Greece
Sikinos Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-
Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
ENtopia Project-Structure
Without a local municipality's active participation it is impossible to achieve the project’s objectives
International Organization: Europa Nostra
Project Director: Prof. Philip Geoghegan
National Member Associations oversee the ENtopia project in each
country
What is the ENtopia Project?
Objective: Establish a pan-European Network of traditional settlements
contain a population of under 15.000 people
Different localities that may join the network (whether small parts of towns, cities, islands or sites) should:
maintain -as far as possible- authentic natural and architectural characteristics
maintain their customs and traditions, including traditional production
support local government committed to sustainable development of the locality with respect for its cultural heritage
Any locality that joins the network will be reassed after 3 years in the light of development over that period
ENtopia Project Objectives
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Cantabria, Spain
Shipca, Albania
Belo Planto, Serbia
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Trying to preserve the scarce but precious soil, local residents have built kserolithies (= dry stone walls) along the bare mountain.
Sikinos Island,
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The village square is surrounded by old mansions, which have been restored. These mansions are all two storeys high and built tightly next to each other in order to form a wall.
"What human beings need is
not utopia ('no place'), but
Entopia ('in place') ... a place
which satisfies the dreamer
and is acceptable to the
scientist, a place where the
projections of the artist and
the Builder merge”.
C. Doxiadis ‘Ekistics’, 1968
Spanish Coastline
The ENtopia project is the newest program of Europa Nostra
Pilot period 2012- to the end of 2014
Official launch: Conference in Chios March 2014
Online platform available from March 2015
February 2015: opening date for nominations
Until today
A programme for landscapes and
villages
The Mastichohoria of Chios, Greece
Chios Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-
Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
Mastic is a product cultivated on the island from the aromatic resin, which is extracted from the shrub pistacia lentiscus that thrives on Chios’ southern hills aand is beneficial to human health. Last year mastic was added by UNESCO to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Chios is famous for its mild climate, its history, its dominant position in the world shipping industry and its monuments. It is known worldwide
also for producing mastic.
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These settlements were established during Genoese rule (1346-1566), and until today the villages’ existence is inextricably bound up with the valuable
crystal “tear” shed by mastic trees that grow only here and only in the southern part of the island.
photos: Ivan Rous, 2012 (left), www.bergwerkpunk.com; Lorin Niculae, 2006, 2008 (right)
Roşia Montană, Romania
photos: Daniel Vrăbioiu (up left), Călin Caproş (up right), Radu Sălcudean (down), 2012 www.rosiamontanainimagini.ro
Roşia Montană, Romania
Roşia Montană, Romania
Skyros Island, Greece
A programme for landscapes and
villages
Skyros Island, Greece
Skyros Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-
Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
Rare endemic plants such as Aethionema retsina, Campanula merxmuelleri, Centaurea rechingeri, Scorzonera scyria, Aubrieta scyria, Galanthus ikariae grow in inaccessible rocky
places, mainly in the southern partof the island.
On the steep cliffs of Mount Kochylas and the nearby islets, are nests of Falcon (Falco eleonorae), a migratory falcon that is a globally threatened species. Greece is considered as the most important country for its survival since hosts 85% of the world population of the species. Skyros has the largest colony of Falco Eleonorae worldwide with more than 1,000
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•Southern Skyros has been for centuries the natural habitat of the indigenous breed of Skyros horses (Equus cabalus skyriano), unique in the world today, considered to be under threat of extinction by the European Union.
•These horses play a significant role in the rural heritage of the island, since in the past they were used by locals for farming, especially during the summer months
A programme for landscapes and
villages
Amorgos Island, Greece
Amorgos Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-
Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
“Krokellos”, is the highest point (821 m) dominating the north-west. The area from Langada village to the island’s northern tip is a protected area, part of the Natura 2000 network.
Chora, the Saracen island and the area of Ormos Kalogrias, Atsitsa and a neighbouring pine forest have been designated as Landscapes of Outstanding Natural Beauty according to Greek
legislation.
The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, founded in 1017 by monks fleeing persecution in Palestine, is one of the older in the Aegean. Refounded in 1088 it hangs on a cliffside 300 metres above the sea. Its annual feast is
on 21 November, celebrating the entry of the Mother of God into the Temple.
Chora, the Saracen island and the area of Ormos Kalogrias, Atsitsa and a neighbouring pine forest have been designated as Landscapes of Outstanding Natural Beauty according to Greek
legislation.
Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, Amorgos
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