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Photo Gallery: [ Theologos ]
Theologos The history of Theologos begins from ancient times. A settlement and a necropolis where discovered on the route between Potos and Theologos, dated before the settling of the Parians on the island (before the 8th century A.D.). Until the half of the past century, Theologos was the head-village of the island, while today, contrary to the rest of the mountain villages, it remains lively and with many residents. It got it’s name during the Byzantine era, though it was inhabited earlier than that. At that time it was the capital of Thassos, as it was later on, in the years of the Turkish occupation . After the liberation, the circumstances differ, there is no more piracy, mass tourism flourishes and Theologos looses it’s importance and primacy in the island’s political setting. It is build in a beautiful location, despite the fact that the rocky schist stone soil makes it “rough” to the visitor. In deed, after the great fire of 1989 (and the soil displacement caused by the intense rain of that winter) the area was striped of all the pine trees that covered everything and the village now seems sad, resting amidst the rocks. Never the less, the abundance of water in the area promises that nature will be reborn, giving Theologos it’s old beauty. Being a rich village, it’s people build illustrious houses of unique architecture. Such is the mansion of Eleni Tziata, the homestead of the author Vasilis Vasilikos and the mansion of Xatzigiorgi that houses the cultural club. In 1979 the Greek government declared Theologos a classic settlement, disregarding the intense protests of it’s residents. Over the last years many of the village houses, unable to be restored by their owners because of that decisios, were sold to foreigners, mostly Germans and English. Today the village is known for it’s good food (the famed broached goat) that offers the visitor, while in late June there is a reenactment of a Traditional Thassian Wedding. Photo Gallery: [ Theologos ]
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