Aside from the many ancient towers, like the tower in Exambela and the Katavati tower, the architecture of Sifnos is typically Cycladic, with simple, pure forms and cubic volumes.
Houses have flat roofs and are carefully constructed with local materials: dark wood and grey stones.
Whitewashed, with narrow and long windows and doors painted in blue or red, houses in Sifnos are very picturesque and give an |
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sitting room, one or two bedrooms and one kitchen constitute the inside of the houses.
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All those lovely houses are built close one another, surrounded by narrow, stone-paved, whitewashed streets, stone courtyards and low whitewashed walls.
Old white traditional dovecotes and beautiful windmills ad the final touch to the picturesque picture of Sifnos and constitute a great example of vernacular architecture.
All those simple whitewashed constructions give to Sifnos a |
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