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Kos Antimachia House: The traditional House of Antimachia in Kos Greece, Dodecanese
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The traditional House of Antimachia in Kos Dodecanese: In the centre of Antimachia village, just opposite the windmill, there is a restored house that depicts the traditional architecture of residences in this region. In particular, it has been built according to the architecture of early 20th century. For its construction, material of older houses has been used.
The house has an entrance named "good house", a room where guests used to sit (tavlaos), a kitchen, a stable with agricultural tools and old kitchen tools and a room where women used to bake the bread and work the loom. In the yard, you can see a spring and a hencoop and in the back side of the house, there is the house of the pig.
Note that the main income of people in Kos till a few decades ago was coming from agriculture, cattle-breeding and fishing. Also more households were sufficient and has their own animals to get their products and meat. |
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